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