The International Companion to John Galt

The International Companion to John Galt

John Galt (1779-1839) was a contemporary of Sir Walter Scott and Jane Austen, and a friend and biographer of Lord Byron. This International Companion examines Galt's writings in the social, economic, and religious contexts of their time.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carruthers, Gerard
Other Authors: Kidd, Colin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Glasgow : Association for Scottish Literary Studies, 2017.
Series:International Companions to Scottish Literature Ser.
Subjects:
Galt, John, > 1779-1839 > Criticism and interpretation.
Galt, John, > 1779-1839
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Front matter
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the Series
  • Preface
  • Body
  • Introduction
  • 1. John Galt's Ayrshire
  • 2. Satire, Hypocrisy, and the Ayrshire-Renfrewshire Enlightenment
  • 3. Finding Galt in Glasgow
  • 4. Galt the Speculator: Sir Andrew Wylie, The Entail, and Lawrie Todd
  • 5. How John Galt Wrote North America
  • 6. Commemorating the Covenanters in Ringan Gilhaize
  • 7. The Insider's Eye in the Age of Improvement, Urbanisation, and Revolution
  • 8. Pioneering the Political Novel in English
  • 9. Reading for Something Other than the Plot in Galt's 'Tales of the West'
  • 10. Gender and the Short Story in the Twilight Years
  • Back matter
  • Other Works in the Series
  • Endnotes
  • Further Reading
  • Contributors
  • Index
  • Back cover
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