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Highland Journeys
James Hogg
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Description for Highland Journeys
Hardback. Hogg left a written record of three of his many journeys to the Highlands, those of 1802, 1803 and 1804, and in Highland Journeys he offers a thoughtful and deeply-felt response to the Highland Clearances. Editor(s): De Groote, Hans F. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 472 pages, 23 maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; WTLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 862.
Hogg left a written record of three of his many journeys to the Highlands, those of 1802, 1803 and 1804, and in Highland Journeys he offers a thoughtful and deeply-felt response to the Highland Clearances. He gives vivid pictures of his experiences, including a narrow escape from a Navy press-gang, and a Sacrament day with one minister preaching in English and another in Gaelic. Hogg also explains aspects of Gaelic culture such as the waulking songs, and he describes the trade in kelp, lucrative to the landowners but back-breaking and ill-paid for the workers. Highland Journeys makes a refreshing contribution ... Read more
Hogg left a written record of three of his many journeys to the Highlands, those of 1802, 1803 and 1804, and in Highland Journeys he offers a thoughtful and deeply-felt response to the Highland Clearances. He gives vivid pictures of his experiences, including a narrow escape from a Navy press-gang, and a Sacrament day with one minister preaching in English and another in Gaelic. Hogg also explains aspects of Gaelic culture such as the waulking songs, and he describes the trade in kelp, lucrative to the landowners but back-breaking and ill-paid for the workers. Highland Journeys makes a refreshing contribution ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
472
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Series
The Collected Works of James Hogg
Condition
New
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748624867
SKU
V9780748624867
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About James Hogg
H.B. de Groot taught at the University of Toronto until his retirement in 2004. He has published a number of essays on Scottish literature in Studies in Hogg and his World and elsewhere.
Reviews for Highland Journeys
This publication of the original texts in full, with further details and themed essays, throws fascinating new light on the area and our understanding of 18th-century travel writing.
Country Life Magazine This publication of the original texts in full, with further details and themed essays, throws fascinating new light on the area and our understanding of 18th-century travel writing. ... Read more
Country Life Magazine This publication of the original texts in full, with further details and themed essays, throws fascinating new light on the area and our understanding of 18th-century travel writing. ... Read more