Narrative of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., Volume I

Early Years to 1818

AvJohn Gibson Lockhart,Peter Garside

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This modern scholarly edition is based on the two-volume abridged edition of 1848, which in being less weighed down by supplementary materials provides a more fluent record of Lockhart’s own often personally informed narrative. Volume I includes a substantial Introduction which presents an account of the genesis of the project, its initial completion in 1837-38 in the face of great difficulties, and subsequent publication history, during which it played a key part in establishing Scott’s reputation and finally relieving his debts. Explanatory annotation identifies elements such as allusions, personalities and events, while interrogating some of Lockhart’s more problematic statements. A special category of Textual Notes summarises omissions from the larger versions of the Life, as well as tracking new text as provided by the 1848 edition. In addition to commemorating Lockhart’s mammoth literary achievement, this edition through its various components effectively offers an encyclopaedic record of Scott’s life and output.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-10-31
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Works of John Gibson Lockhart
Antal sidor:568
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781399529471

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Peter Garside was educated at Cambridge and Harvard Universities and taught English Literature for more than thirty years at Cardiff University, where he became Professor of English and Director of the Centre for Editorial and Intertextual Research. Subsequently he was appointed Professor of Bibliography and Textual Studies at the University of Edinburgh, where he is now a Professorial Fellow. He was one of the general editors of the bibliographical survey The English Novel 1770-1829 (2000) and has since co-edited the critical collection English and British Fiction 1750-1820 (2015). More recent work includes editions of Walter Scott’s Shorter Poems (2020) and J. G. Lockhart’s Peter’s Letters to His Kinsfolk (2 volumes, 2022).

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Aims of the EditionVolume Editor’s AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Genesis and Early Composition2. Production and Reception: The Larger Life to 18423. The 1848 Abridgement and Successors4. The Present TextNarrative of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.PrefaceChapter I, 1792-1797Chapter II, 1797-1803Chapter III, 1804-1806Chapter IV, 1806-1809Chapter V, 1809-1812Chapter VI, 1812-1814Chapter VII, 1815-1816Chapter VIII, 1817-1818Emendation ListHyphenation ListExplanatory NotesTextual Notes