Discovering the Footsteps of Time : Geological Travel Writing about Scotland, 1700-1820
by
Tom Furniss
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism
ISBN-10
1474410014
ISBN-13
9781474410014
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 15th, 2018
Print length
305 Pages
Weight
604 grams
Dimensions
16.20 x 24.00 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
Prose: non-fictionLiterary studies: general
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Discovering the Footsteps of Time probes the development of a distinctively Scottish tradition of geological travel writing from the seventeenth to early nineteenth century.
Discovering the Footsteps of Time probes the development of a distinctively Scottish tradition of geological travel writing from the seventeenth to early nineteenth century. The tradition tracks a fertile interaction of scientific and aesthetic themes, mediated through literary techniques, which highlights the emergence of ''Romanticism'' as such; a distinctive, recognisable cultural movement of taste and style. Making an important new contribution to our understanding of the ''discovery'' and representation of Scotland in the long eighteenth century, the book explores why Scotland''s topography has been decisive in the history of geology to such a great extent. Written by a literary academic rather than a geologist, the book is as much concerned with textual strategies and the aesthetic experience of geological discovery as with geology itself.
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