A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

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non-fiction book travel literature travel narrative

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland is Samuel Johnson’s 1775 travel narrative recounting his tour of the Scottish Highlands and islands, noted for its keen social observation and literary style.

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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland canonical 2
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf non-fiction book ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
travel narrative ⓘ
author Samuel Johnson ⓘ
basedOn Samuel Johnson's 1773 tour of Scotland ⓘ
companionWorkAuthor James Boswell ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfJourney 1773 ⓘ
discusses clan system in Scotland ⓘ
economic conditions in the Highlands ⓘ
education in remote Scottish regions ⓘ
religious practices in the Hebrides ⓘ
documentedPlacesVisited Iona ⓘ
Mull ⓘ
Skye ⓘ
form first-person narrative ⓘ
genre Scottish travelogue ⓘ
travel writing ⓘ
hasCompanionWork A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
hasCriticalReception considered an important work of English travel literature ⓘ
studied for its portrayal of Scottish identity ⓘ
hasInfluenced later travel writing about Scotland ⓘ
perceptions of the Scottish Highlands ⓘ
historicalContext post-1745 Jacobite rising Scotland ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Augustan prose ⓘ
literaryPeriod 18th century literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Samuel Johnson ⓘ
narrativeMode non-fiction prose ⓘ
notableFor commentary on Gaelic culture ⓘ
critical reflections on Scottish modernization ⓘ
distinctive prose style ⓘ
keen social observation ⓘ
publicationYear 1775 ⓘ
publisher London publisher (1775) ⓘ
relatedWork Lives of the Poets ⓘ
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia ⓘ
surface form: Rasselas
setting Scottish Islands ⓘ
surface form: Hebrides

Scottish Highlands ⓘ
Outer Hebrides ⓘ
surface form: Western Isles of Scotland
subjectMatter Highland life ⓘ
Scottish culture ⓘ
Scottish history ⓘ
Scottish society ⓘ
language and education in Scotland ⓘ
post-Jacobite Scotland ⓘ
religion in Scotland ⓘ
rural poverty ⓘ
timeOfPublication late 18th century ⓘ
travelCompanion James Boswell ⓘ

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Samuel Johnson → notableWork → A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland ⓘ
Samuel Johnson → hasWork → A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland ⓘ
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland → hasCompanionWork → A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides