Ben Jonson's Walk to Scotland: An Annotated Edition of the 'Foot Voyage'

Cambridge University Press
Edition: Annotated, 10/26/2017
EAN 9781108438780, ISBN10: 1108438784

Paperback, 256 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Language: English

At the heart of this book is a previously unpublished account of Ben Jonson's celebrated walk from London to Edinburgh in the summer of 1618. This unique firsthand narrative provides us with an insight into where Jonson went, whom he met, and what he did on the way. James Loxley, Anna Groundwater and Julie Sanders present a clear, readable and fully annotated edition of the text. An introduction and a series of contextual essays shed further light on topics including the evidence of provenance and authorship, Jonson's contacts throughout Britain, his celebrity status, and the relationships between his 'foot voyage' and other famous journeys of the time. The essays also illuminate wider issues, such as early modern travel and political and cultural relations between England and Scotland. It is an invaluable volume for scholars and upper-level students of Ben Jonson studies, early modern literature, seventeenth-century social history, and cultural geography.

Introduction
Jonson's 'foot voyage' and the Aldersey manuscript
My gossip Jonson his foot voyage and mine into Scotland
Contextual essays
1. The genres of a walk
2. Jonson's foot work
3. Scenes of hospitality
Works cited
Index.