Selected Annotated Passages

In this section, you will find selected annotations from Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque. To see the annotations, simply hover your mouse over the black text.

List of Annotations:

Canto Two: Doctor Syntax decides to sketch a scene in the manner of Gilpin.
Canto Five: Doctor Syntax visits Oxford and discusses the business of travel writing with the provost.
Canto Eleven: Doctor Syntax listens to local folk songs and decides to contribute a more modern air.
Canto Twenty-Nine:Doctor Syntax discusses Picturesque objects.