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- Title
MALLET'S VERSION OF ST KILDA IN AMYNTOR AND THEODORA: OR, THE HERMIT (1747).
- Authors
Jung, Sandro
- Abstract
Discusses poet David Mallet's version of Saint Kilda island in Scotland in his poem "Amyntor and Theodora: Or, The Hermit." Influence of the book "A Voyage of St Kilda, the Remotest of All the Hebrides: Or Western Islands of Scotland of 1698," by Martin Martin on his interest in Scottish myths; Description of the inhabitants of the island; Information on the population and climatic and health condition in the island; Details of the myth of Aurelius whose daughter Theodora married Amyntor, the son of his enemy.
- Subjects
SCOTLAND; ISLANDS in literature; AMYNTOR &; Theodora: Or, The Hermit (Poem); VOYAGE of Saint Kilda, the Remotest of All the Hebrides: Or Western Islands of Scotland of 1698, A (Book); MALLET, David, ca. 1705-1765; MARTIN, Martin, d. 1719; MYTHOLOGY; SAINT Kilda (Scotland)
- Publication
Scottish Studies Review, 2005, Vol 6, Issue 2, p21
- ISSN
1475-7737
- Publication type
Essay