John Galt

Annals of the Parish (eBook, PDF)

Or the Chronicle of Dalmailing During the Ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Immerse yourself in the life of a small Scottish village as it begins to shake off centuries-old traditions and eases into the transition to the modern era, with all the attendant pitfalls and problems that such a major shift entails. Author John Galt skillfully illuminates a particular time and place with lush detail and keen insight.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Floating Press
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781776580927
• Artikelnr.: 41353188

Autorenporträt

John Galt was a Scottish novelist, entrepreneur, and political and social commentator. Robert P. Irvine is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Jane Austen (Routledge, 2005) and volume editor of Prince Otto (Edinburgh UP, 2014) in The New Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to The Works of John Galt
Acknowledgements
Chronology of John Galt
Introduction
Origins
Contemporary Reception
Later Reception
Literary Context
Historical Context
Conclusion
Annals of the Parish
Appendices
1: Sources for Incidents
2: History of the Church of Scotland
3: Maps of Signficant Locations
Essay on the Text
The Genesis of the Text
Variation between First and Second Editions
The Present Text
Emendations
End-of-line Hyphens
Explanatory Notes
Glossary