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.
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.
Описание: Title: Some account of the gospel labours of Jonathan Burnyeat: who died A.D. 1709, in the twenty-third year of his age, having been a minister eleven years.
Author: Jonathan Burnyeat
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP04105000
CollectionID: CTRG02-B861
PublicationDate: 18570101
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
Notes:
Collation: viii, 57 p.: facsim
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