Title Enlightenment travel and British identities : Thomas Pennant's tours of Scotland and Wales / edited by Mary-Ann Constantine and Nigel Leask

Published London ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Series Anthem studies in travel Anthem studies in travel. 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 Summary "Thomas Pennant of Downing, Flintshire (1726-1798), naturalist, antiquarian and self-styled 'Curious Traveller, ' published accounts of his pioneering travels in Scotland and Wales to wide acclaim between 1769 and 1784. He directly inspired Johnson, Boswell and hundreds of subsequent travellers. In Wales, he is known as the 'Father of Cambrian Tourism.' A keen observer and cataloguer of everything from plants, birds and minerals to ancient monuments and modern fisheries, he corresponded with a vast network of leading natural scientists and antiquarians. The 'Tours, ' widely read and much imitated, indisputably helped bring about a richer, more complex understanding of the multiple histories and cultures of Britain at a time when 'Britishness' was itself a fragile and developing concept. This collection seeks to address the comparative neglect of Pennant's travel writing by bringing together researchers from literary criticism, art history, Celtic studies, archaeology and natural history. Attentive to the visual as well as textual aspects of his topographical enquiries, it rehabilitates a neglected aspect of the Enlightenment in relation to questions of British identity, offering a new assessment of an important chapter in the development of domestic travel writing"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798. Tour in Scotland, MDCCLXIX Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798. Tour in Wales, MDCCLXX Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798 fast Pennant, Thomas 1726-1798 gnd Subject 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 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 SUBJECT Scotland -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118819 Wales -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85144883 Subject Great Britain Scotland Wales Schottland Wales Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Early works History Form Electronic book Author Constantine, Mary-Ann, editor Leask, Nigel, 1958- editor. ISBN 9781783086542 1783086548 9781783086559 1783086556

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