Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Gibson ... - 9781108056977

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, BartAuthor(s): John Gibson Lockhart\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108056977, 978-1108056977\nSynopsis\nAs son-in-law and literary executor to Sir Walter Scott [tel], John Gibson Lockhart [tel] was uniquely placed to produce a definitive biography of the great poet and novelist. First published in 18378, 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'. Volume 1 opens with Scott's brief autobiography, written in 1808 and revised in 1825. Lockhart's biography proper opens with Scott's birth in 1771, provides an account of his education, and con.