A Highland Tour of Victorian Travel Writing : Ten Voices on Scotland / Dimitrios Kassis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kassis, Dimitrios, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Travel in literature.

Travel writing--Scotland--History--18th century.

Travel writing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

During the first quarter of the eighteenth century, Scotland was persistently viewed as a peripheral region, inhabited by savage Highlanders, epitomising the sublime and the grotesque as well as the distance of the Scottish Other from civilised Europe. However, the rediscovery of the Ossianic tradition, the Scottish link to the Norman invasion and the increasing appeal of Scottish historical narratives to the average Victorian set the pattern for the reconstruction of a literary utopia. Facing the risk of racial segregation due to their Celtic background, a significant number of Scottish writers and theorists succumbed to the rising Anglo-Saxonism, seeking every means to prove their Anglo-Saxon background at the expense of their Celtic roots.This volume includes a set of travel narratives and essays on Scotland, covering a period of more than two centuries (1722-1907). The travellers who flocked to Scotland were either driven by literary aspirations, or were on a mission to explore the country's wild inhabitants, the Highlanders. In their attempt to define Scottish identity in accordance with the cultural, ideological and political standards of the English, Scottish and American travel writers often adhered to the Othering of the Scottish people, promoting images of backwardness and the sublime.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Abstract

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Conclusion

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Kassis, Dimitrios A Highland Tour of Victorian Travel Writing

ISBN:

9781527552296