Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart - of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bar

Klappentext This celebrated seven-volume biography (1837-8) draws on personal accounts of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), correspondence and autobiographical sketches. Zusammenfassung As son-in-law and literary executor to Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832), John Gibson Lockhart (1794–1854) was uniquely placed to produce a definitive biography of the great poet and novelist. This celebrated seven-volume work, published in 1837–8, is based on personal memories, correspondence, and Scott's own autobiographical sketches. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Removal to Ashestiel; 2. Partnership with James Ballantyne; 3. Affair of the Clerkship of Session; 4. Dryden; 5. Edition of Dryden published; 6. Quarrel with Messrs Constable and Hunter; 7. Case of a poetical tailor condemned to death at Edinburgh; 8. Affair of Thomas Scott's Extractorship discussed at the House of Lords; 9. First visit to the Hebrides; 10. Life of Miss Seward; 11. New arrangements concerning the Clerks of Session; 12. The poem of Rokeby begun.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Gibson Lockhart, Lockhart John Gibson
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 13.11.2012
• EAN: 9781108056984
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05698-4
• Pagine: 418
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies; Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart 7 Volume Set
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Memoirs, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: poetry and poets, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs