Improvement and romance : constructing the myth of the Highlands

Abstract

Part 1 Converting the uncouth savage: integration the fool the rogue the beggar the history of civilization. Part 2 Warriors: barbarians recruiting battles long ago virtue regimentals reaction the peninsula. Part 3 The land: the picturesque trees ruling the waves the sublime bounty. Part 4 Ghosts: the superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland, considered as the subject of poetry, the well-taught Hind the tale of other times memorials. Part 5 Social tribes: a stay of execution poetry and emigration sacred retreats the language of nature Caledonia. Part 6 Holidays: make-believe the tourist in the text the huntsman leisure and industry. Part 7 The structure of the myth: peripheralization nature community.

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