A journey to the Western Islands of Scotland / Samuel Johnson, The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. / James Boswell ; edited with an introduction and notes by Celia Barnes and Jack Lynch, Monographie imprimée

Piece-Analytic Level: A journey to the Western Islands of Scotland / Samuel Johnson • The journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. / James BoswellMain Author: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, AuteurCoauthor: Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Auteur;Barnes, Celia, 19..-...., Editeur scientifique;Lynch, Jack, 1967-...., Editeur scientifiqueLanguage: anglais ; 639-2.Country: GrandeBretagne.Publication : Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: 1 vol. (xliv-520 p.) : cartes, couv. ill. en coul. ; 20 cmISBN: 978-0-19-879874-3.Series: Oxford World's ClassicsDewey: 914.11Classification: db ; dsk ; dsAbstract: In 1773, James Boswell made a long-planned journey across the Scottish Highlands with his English friend Samuel Johnson; the two spent more than a hundred days together. Their tour of the Hebrides resulted in two books, « A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland » (1775), a kind of locodescriptive ethnography and Johnson's most important work between his Shakespeare edition and his « Lives of the Poets ». The other, Boswell's « Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson » (1785), a travel narrative experimenting with biography, the first application of the techniques he would use in his « Life of Samuel Johnson » (1791). These two works form a natural pair and, owing that they cover much of the same material, are often read together, focusing on the Scottish highlands. The introduction and notes provide clear and concise explanations on Johnson and Boswell's respective careers, their friendship and grand biographical projects. It also examines the Scottish Enlightenment, the status of England and Scotland during the Reformation through to the Union of the Crowns, and the Jacobite.‎ (éditeur).Bibliography: Bibliogr. p. xxxiii-xxxiv. Notes bibliogr. Chronol. Glossaire. Index.Subject - Form: Récits de voyages anglais 18e siècle | Récits de voyages -- Hébrides (GB ; îles) 18e siècle
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Bibliogr. p. xxxiii-xxxiv. Notes bibliogr. Chronol. Glossaire. Index

In 1773, James Boswell made a long-planned journey across the Scottish Highlands with his English friend Samuel Johnson; the two spent more than a hundred days together. Their tour of the Hebrides resulted in two books, « A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland » (1775), a kind of locodescriptive ethnography and Johnson's most important work between his Shakespeare edition and his « Lives of the Poets ». The other, Boswell's « Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson » (1785), a travel narrative experimenting with biography, the first application of the techniques he would use in his « Life of Samuel Johnson » (1791). These two works form a natural pair and, owing that they cover much of the same material, are often read together, focusing on the Scottish highlands. The introduction and notes provide clear and concise explanations on Johnson and Boswell's respective careers, their friendship and grand biographical projects. It also examines the Scottish Enlightenment, the status of England and Scotland during the Reformation through to the Union of the Crowns, and the Jacobite.‎ (éditeur)

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