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The essay proposes an exploratory discussion of the signifi cance of the the concept of islands and archipelagos in Scottish poetry. Beginning with a look at Samuel Johnson’s A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland (1775) and James Boswell’s The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785), the essay recalibrates the notion of remoteness, thus attempting to challenge dominant narratives of the centre and its margins. With an overview of selected poetic representations of the islands of Scotland, the paper aims to offer an insight into the diversity of voices and approaches characterizing Scottish literature, with a brief look at the twentieth-century and twenty-fi rst century Scottish poetry including readings of selected works of such poetic fi gures as Kathleen Jamie, Jackie Kay and Don Paterson. |
