John Gibson Lockhart

Some Passages in the Life of Mr Adam Blair, Minister of the Gospel at Cross-Meikle (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Richardson, Thomas C.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Offers Lockhart's final text to modern readers for the first timeOffers the first scholarly edition of Lockhart's best-know novel based on Lockhart's final textSupplies extensive annotation and full scholarly apparatusIncludes a thorough textual history based on comparative study of the manuscript, corrected proof pages, first edition, and second editionSome 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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474456104
• Artikelnr.: 72430437

Autorenporträt

Thomas C. Richardson is Professor of English and holds the Eudora Welty Chair at Mississippi University for Women (MUW). He has also served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Provost / Vice President for Academic Affairs at MUW. He previously held faculty appointments at North Carolina State University and Campbell University, as well as at the University of Glasgow as the Glasgow Herald Visiting Fellow in the Department of Scottish Literature.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Genesis of the Novel
2. Critical Reception
3. 'What new character has he given us?'
4. Essay on the Text
Some Passages in the Life of Mr Adam Blair
Appendix: 'Hints for a Young Author, from A Very Old One'
Emendation List
Hyphenation List
Explanatory Notes
Textual Notes
Glossary