A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides - Softcover

Johnson, Samuel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486455548 ISBN 13: 9780486455549

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., 2008

Synopsis

Entertaining, profound, and marvelously readable, these two accounts of an 18th-century trip constitute both classics of travel writing and revelations of a famous literary friendship.

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From the Back Cover:

Johnson's 'Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland' is not only a narrative of personal experience, rare in the canon of his writings, but also a deeply reflective survey of the Highlands and Isles--their social and economic structure, their traditions and customs. Beyond this, Johnson undertakes a subtle, penetrating analysis of a people in the throes of change, and examines the predicament they face as a result.

About the Author:

Samuel Johnson was born in 1709 and died in 1784--a long life, though one marred by depression and fear of death. Samuel Johnson's literary reputation rests on such a varied output that he defies easy description: poet, critic, lexicographer, travel writer, essayist, editor, and, with his good friend and fellow traveller James Boswell, a biographer. l

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0486455548
• ISBN 13: 9780486455549
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416