Description
Christian Isobel Johnstone窶冱 Clan-Albin: A National Tale was published in 1815, less than a year after Walter Scott窶冱 Waverley; or 窶�tis Sixty Years Since enthralled readers and initiated a craze for Scottish novels. Both as a novelist and as editor of Tait窶冱 Edinburgh Magazine from 1834 to 1846, Johnstone was a powerful figure in Romantic Edinburgh窶冱 literary scene. But her works and her reputation have long been overshadowed by Scott窶冱. In Clan-Albin, Johnstone engages with themes on British imperial expansion, metropolitan England窶冱 economic and political relationships with the Celtic peripheries, and the role of women in public life. This rare novel, alongside extensive editorial commentary, will be of much interest to students of British Literature.
Table of Contents
Volume II
Clan-Albin: A National Tale volume III & VI
Editorial Notes
