The Annals of the Parish
Offers Galt’s most successful novel, a microcosm of fifty years of Scottish history
Provides a comprehensive Introduction by the volume editor which tells the story of this novel’s production and reception; describes the literary and intellectual traditions on which it drew; and explains its relation to the social and political turmoil of the years in which it was written and publishedIncludes extensive Explanatory Notes which identify Galt’s biblical allusions, references to historical events, and social and cultural practices of the period in which the novel is setThe appendices identify Galt’s real-life sources for some of his incidents, and explain the history and institutions of the Church of Scotland as relevant to the storyMaps assist the reader to understand the geography on which the novel is acted out: south-west Scotland and its relation to the British IslesJohn Galt’s Annals of the Parish is the first novel of the Industrial Revolution. Narrated by the minister of a rural Scottish parish, it chronicles with humour and pathos the fifty years 1760–1810 from the perspective of ordinary people swept up in social and economic transformation.

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The Annals of the Parish
Offers Galt’s most successful novel, a microcosm of fifty years of Scottish history
Provides a comprehensive Introduction by the volume editor which tells the story of this novel’s production and reception; describes the literary and intellectual traditions on which it drew; and explains its relation to the social and political turmoil of the years in which it was written and publishedIncludes extensive Explanatory Notes which identify Galt’s biblical allusions, references to historical events, and social and cultural practices of the period in which the novel is setThe appendices identify Galt’s real-life sources for some of his incidents, and explain the history and institutions of the Church of Scotland as relevant to the storyMaps assist the reader to understand the geography on which the novel is acted out: south-west Scotland and its relation to the British IslesJohn Galt’s Annals of the Parish is the first novel of the Industrial Revolution. Narrated by the minister of a rural Scottish parish, it chronicles with humour and pathos the fifty years 1760–1810 from the perspective of ordinary people swept up in social and economic transformation.

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The Annals of the Parish

The Annals of the Parish

by John Galt
The Annals of the Parish

The Annals of the Parish

by John Galt

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Offers Galt’s most successful novel, a microcosm of fifty years of Scottish history
Provides a comprehensive Introduction by the volume editor which tells the story of this novel’s production and reception; describes the literary and intellectual traditions on which it drew; and explains its relation to the social and political turmoil of the years in which it was written and publishedIncludes extensive Explanatory Notes which identify Galt’s biblical allusions, references to historical events, and social and cultural practices of the period in which the novel is setThe appendices identify Galt’s real-life sources for some of his incidents, and explain the history and institutions of the Church of Scotland as relevant to the storyMaps assist the reader to understand the geography on which the novel is acted out: south-west Scotland and its relation to the British IslesJohn Galt’s Annals of the Parish is the first novel of the Industrial Revolution. Narrated by the minister of a rural Scottish parish, it chronicles with humour and pathos the fifty years 1760–1810 from the perspective of ordinary people swept up in social and economic transformation.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781532722851
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 07/19/2016
Pages: 108
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.22(d)

About the Author

John Galt was a Scottish novelist, entrepreneur, and political and social commentator.

Robert P. Irvine is Reader in the Department of Scottish Literature at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is the editor of the scholarly edition of Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (2020) and John Galt, Annals of the Parish (EUP, 2020).

Table of Contents

Preface to The Works of John GaltAcknowledgementsChronology of John GaltIntroduction

OriginsContemporary ReceptionLater ReceptionLiterary ContextHistorical Context Conclusion

Annals of the Parish

Appendices

1: Sources for Incidents2: History of the Church of Scotland3: Maps of Signficant Locations

Essay on the Text

The Genesis of the TextVariation between First and Second Editions The Present Text

EmendationsEnd-of-line HyphensExplanatory NotesGlossary

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