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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      October 2014
      November 2012
      ISBN:
      9781139541046
      9781108056984
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139541046
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      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.53kg, 418 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature 1700-1830
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
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    Subjects:
    Literature, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature 1700-1830
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
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    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. First published in 1837–8, shortly after Scott's death, this celebrated seven-volume work is based on personal memories, correspondence, and Scott's own autobiographical sketches. Wide-ranging in his purview, Lockhart is also detailed in his descriptions: the Aberdeen Journal of the day observed that the volumes trace Scott's life and literary efforts with 'the most minute distinctness'. Incorporating accounts of Scott's correspondence with Southey, Wordsworth and Byron, Volume 2 opens with the death of Walter's uncle, Captain Robert Scott, in 1804, leading readers through the commencement of Waverley and the foundation of the Ballantyne publishing firm. This portion of Lockhart's account concludes in 1812.

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