Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale

Rivista | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
Fascicolo | 50 | 2016
Articolo | Under Lowland Eyes: David Balfour in the Land of the Jacobites

Under Lowland Eyes: David Balfour in the Land of the Jacobites

Robert Louis Stevenson’s Mapping of 18th-century Scotland in Kidnapped

Abstract

This article explores the relationship between travel, space and history in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped. It provides a mapping of the protagonist’s movement, highlighting the historical implications conveyed in the way in which the Highlands and the rest of Scotland are described. An interesting essay in literary geography, this is an attempt to provide the reader with a new perspective on Stevenson’s novel, stressing his interest in Scottish history and his attention to internal colonialism.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 08 Aprile 2016 | Accettato: 31 Luglio 2016 | Pubblicato 30 Settembre 2016 | Lingua: en

Keywords History • Highlands • Kidnapped • Landscape • Stevenson • Literary geography

Copyright © 2016 Stella Moretti. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/2499-1562/AnnOc-50-16-16


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