Discovering the Footsteps of Time : Geological Travel Writing about Scotland, 1700-1820

by Tom Furniss

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Format Paperback / Softback

Book Series Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism

ISBN-10 1474452477

ISBN-13 9781474452472

Publisher Edinburgh University Press

Imprint Edinburgh University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 13th, 2019

Print length 305 Pages

Weight 504 grams

Dimensions 15.60 x 23.30 x 2.90 cms

Product Classification: Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

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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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