Abstract
Examines the way Scottish periodicals, especially the Weekly Magazine and the Caledonian Mercury, reported and discussed the nationalist resistance in Corsica against first Genoese and then French rule; recalibrates the role of James Boswell in shaping Scottish opinion about Corsica, especially in his Account of Corsica (1768); notes the parallels made by Scottish commentators between the Corsican resistance under Pascal Paoli and the Scottish highlands, especially the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745; and suggests the value of looking at the distinctive responses of Scottish periodicals, not just the print networks based on London.
Recommended Citation
Brown, Rhona
(2016)
"'Rebellious Highlanders': The Reception of Corsica in the Edinburgh Periodical Press, 1730-1800,"
Studies in Scottish Literature:
Vol. 41:
Iss.
1, 108–128.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol41/iss1/12