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. The critical apparatus in this volume includes: . Extensive explanatory notes that identify Galt's biblical allusions, references to historical events, and social and cultural practices of the period in which the novel is set; · Appendices that 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; . A comprehensive Introduction that tells the story of this novel's production and reception, and outlines its literary and historical contexts; . Maps to help the reader understand the geography on which the novel is acted out: south-west Scotland and its relation to the British Isles. Robert P. Irvine is Reader in Scottish Literature at the University of Edinburgh
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