Enlightenment travel and British identities : Thomas Pennant's tours of Scotland and Wales /: Thomas Pennant's tours of Scotland and Wales. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mary-Ann Constantine and Nigel Leask.
• Editors: Constantine, Mary-Ann; Leask, Nigel, 1958-
• Contents: Introduction: Thomas Pennant, Curious Traveller / Mary-Ann Constantine and Nigel Leask -- "A round jump from ornithology to antiquity" : The Development of Thomas Pennant's Tours / R. Paul Evans -- 2. Thomas Pennant : Some Working Practices of an Archaeological Travel-Writer in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain / C. Stephen Briggs -- 3. Heart of Darkness : Thomas Pennant and Roman Britain / Mary-Ann Constantine -- 4. Constructing Identities in the Eighteenth Century : Thomas Pennant and the Early Medieval Sculpture of Scotland and England / Jane Hawkes -- 5. Shaping a Heroic Life : Thomas Pennant on Owen Glyndwr / Dafydd Johnston -- 6. "The First Antiquary of his Country" : Robert Riddell's Extra-Illustrated and Annotated Volumes of Thomas Pennant's Tours in Scotland / Ailsa Hutton and Nigel Leask -- 7. "A galaxy of the blended lights" : The Reception of Thomas Pennant / Elizabeth Edwards -- 8. "As if created by fusion of matter after some intense heat" : Pioneering Geological Observations in Thomas Pennant's Tours of Scotland / Tom Furniss -- 9. Geological Landscape as Antiquarian Ruin : Banks, Pennant and the Isle of Staffa / Allison Ksiazkiewicz -- 10. Pennant, Hunter, Stubbs and the Pursuit of Nature / Helen McCormack -- 11. Pennant's Legacy : The Popularization of Natural History through Botanical Touring and Observation in Nineteenth-Century Wales / Caroline R. Kerkham -- Short Bibliography of Thomas Pennant's Tours in Scotland and Wales.
• Publisher Details: London New York, NY : Anthem Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 914.1104/73; Natural history -- Scotland -- Pre-Linnean works; Natural history -- Wales -- Pre-Linnean works; Enlightenment -- Great Britain; Travel writing -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; National characteristics, British -- History -- 18th century; Sciences naturelles -- Écosse -- Ouvrages prélinnéens; Sciences naturelles -- Pays de Galles -- Ouvrages prélinnéens; Siècle des Lumières -- Grande-Bretagne; Voyage -- Art d'écrire -- Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 18e siècle; Britanniques -- Histoire -- 18e siècle; HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain; LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; TRAVEL -- Europe -- General; Enlightenment; National characteristics, British; Natural history; Travel; Travel writing; Naturwissenschaften; Reise; Scotland -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Wales -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain; Scotland; Wales; Schottland; Wales; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Early works; History; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783086542; 1783086548; 9781783086559; 1783086556
• Related ISBNs: 9781783086535; 178308653X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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