In this Book
- International Companion to John Galt
- 2017
- Book
- Published by: Association for Scottish Literary Studies
- Series: International Companions to Scottish Literature

summary
John Galt (1779–1839) was a contemporary of Sir Walter Scott and Jane Austen, and a friend and biographer of Lord Byron. Although a prolific writer, and much admired in his own lifetime, Galt has never achieved comparable levels of literary fame, and his works – poised between Enlightenment and Romanticism – are now often overlooked. Yet his reputation has been slowly growing, and he has attracted critical interest as both a political novelist and a chronicler of Scottish life. This International Companion builds on a steady stream of recent scholarship, and examines Galt’s writings in the social, economic, and religious contexts of their time.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- p. vii
- Series Editors’ Preface
- pp. ix-x
- A Brief Biography of John Galt
- pp. xi-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-7
- 1. John Galt’s Ayrshire
- pp. 8-14
- 3. Finding Galt in Glasgow
- pp. 34-43
- 5. How John Galt Wrote North America
- pp. 57-69
- Further Reading
- pp. 165-170
- Notes on Contributors
- pp. 171-172
Additional Information
ISBN
9781908980281
Related ISBN(s)
9781908980274
MARC Record
OCLC
986104425
Pages
194
Launched on MUSE
2017-05-11
Language
English
Open Access
No