Z WIZYTĄ W KRAINIE MIKROŚWIATÓW. OBRAZ SZKOCJI I SZKOTÓW W THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES SAMUELA JOHNSONA
VISITING THE LAND OF MICROWORLDS. IMAGE OF SCOTLAND AND SCOTS IN THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES BY SAMUEL JOHNSON

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on analysis of a travelogue by Samuel Johnson, presentinghis perspective on 18th-century Scotland and its inhabitants. The author shows selectedaspects of everyday life of Scots at that time and emphasizes the consistency betweenJohnson’s descriptions and the findings of modern researchers. She also highlights thesignificance of accounts in the vein of Johnson’s travelogue in research on mental historyof the epoch and on changes which occurred in northern Scotland in the 18th century – forexample, gradual disappearance of the clan system and Celtic culture.

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