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The first complete edition of Peter's Letters since 1819 Offers an
eyewitness account of Scotland at a key point in its cultural
history Includes fully edited text and apparatus Genesis and
publishing history of the work Provides detailed and precise
annotations In Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk (1819) the young
John Gibson Lockhart (under the guise of an elderly Welsh
physician) portrayed and analysed the society of Regency Glasgow
and Edinburgh in terms of German nationalist and Romantic
criticism. Focusing on the networks of the law, the church, the
universities, fine art, antiquarianism, literature, theatre, and
periodical culture he provided a series of brilliant, sometimes
serious and sometimes satirical, portraits of the most notable
characters of the day and the institutions they represented, and
his text is accompanied by a series of portrait engravings and of
vignettes of significant moments in his tour. This edition presents
the first complete text of this widely-allusive work published
since 1819, together with the substantial notes that a modern
reader requires to understand it fully. The editorial apparatus
also comprises a detailed index and an essay on the contemporary
illustrations.
Offers Lockhart's final text to modern readers for the first time
Offers the first scholarly edition of Lockhart's best-know novel
based on Lockhart's final text Supplies extensive annotation and
full scholarly apparatus Includes a thorough textual history based
on comparative study of the manuscript, corrected proof pages,
first edition, and second edition Some Passages in the Life of Mr
Adam Blair (1822), John Gibson Lockhart's second and best-known
novel, is the story of a Church of Scotland minister whose sexual
relationship with a married woman has tragic consequences. One of
the earliest serious studies in fiction of a minister in Scottish
society, the novel also explores gender roles through the character
of Blair's friend in the affair, Charlotte. This edition provides
the first modern publication of Lockhart's final text, the revised
second edition (1824), as well as the first scholarly edition of
the novel, including extensive annotations and a detailed textual
history.
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