Peter’s Letters to his Kinsfolk : : The Text and Introduction, Notes, and Editorial Material / / John Gibson Lockhart; ed. by Gillian Hughes, P. D. Garside.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English
• VerfasserIn: Gibson Lockhart, John,
• HerausgeberIn: Garside, P. D.,; Hughes, Gillian,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: The Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Works of John Gibson Lockhart : ECEJGL
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (976 p.) :; 19 B/W illustrations

The first complete edition of Peter’s Letters since 1819Offers an eyewitness account of Scotland at a key point in its cultural historyIncludes fully edited text and apparatusGenesis and publishing history of the workProvides detailed and precise annotationsIn Peter’s Letters to his Kinsfolk (1819) the young John Gibson Lockhart (under the guise of an elderly Welsh physician) portrayed and analysed the society of Regency Glasgow and Edinburgh in terms of German nationalist and Romantic criticism. Focusing on the networks of the law, the church, the universities, fine art, antiquarianism, literature, theatre, and periodical culture he provided a series of brilliant, sometimes serious and sometimes satirical, portraits of the most notable characters of the day and the institutions they represented, and his text is accompanied by a series of portrait engravings and of vignettes of significant moments in his tour. This edition presents the first complete text of this widely-allusive work published since 1819, together with the substantial notes that a modern reader requires to understand it fully. The editorial apparatus also comprises a detailed index and an essay on the contemporary illustrations.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Aims of the Edition -- Volume Editors’ Acknowledgements -- Note on the Present Edition -- Volume One -- Peter’s Letters to his Kinsfolk. Part 1 -- Peter’s Letters to his Kinsfolk. Part 2 -- Front Matter 2 -- VOLUME TWO -- Introduction -- Emendation List -- Hyphenation List -- Explanatory Notes -- The Engravings -- Index to the Text of Peter’s Letters