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Annals of the Parish (Hardcover)
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Annals of the Parish (Hardcover)
Series: The Edinburgh Edition of the Works of John Galt
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Offers Galt's most successful novel, a microcosm of fifty years of
Scottish history Provides a comprehensive Introduction by the
volume editor which tells the story of this novel's production and
reception; describes the literary and intellectual traditions on
which it drew; and explains its relation to the social and
political turmoil of the years in which it was written and
published Includes extensive Explanatory Notes which identify
Galt's biblical allusions, references to historical events, and
social and cultural practices of the period in which the novel is
set The appendices identify Galt's real-life sources for some of
his incidents, and explain the history and institutions of the
Church of Scotland as relevant to the story Maps assist the reader
to understand the geography on which the novel is acted out:
south-west Scotland and its relation to the British Isles John
Galt's Annals of the Parish is the first novel of the Industrial
Revolution. Narrated by the minister of a rural Scottish parish, it
chronicles with humour and pathos the fifty years 1760-1810 from
the perspective of ordinary people swept up in social and economic
transformation.
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