John Galt’s 'Annals of the Parish' & 'The Provost'
By Ian McGhee
2018
First Published
76
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John Galt (1779 – 1839) was a contemporary of Sir Walter Scott and Jane Austen, and a friend and biographer of Lord Byron. His writings are full of acute observation, penetrating psychological insight, rich Scots language and great good humour. This SCOTNOTE examines two key novels by Galt, which chronicle the changes in Scottish society in the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Author
Ian McGhee
Author · 1 books
Ian McGhee was a civil servant and pursued his lifelong love of John Galt after retirement by studying Scottish Literature at Glasgow University where he obtained an MA and an MPhil based on Galt's relations with North America. He is Secretary of the John Galt Society.
