"The Part Issue of Hately Waddell's Life and Works of Robert Burns" by Patrick Scott

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The Part Issue of Hately Waddell's Life and Works of Robert Burns

Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society (2017)

Patrick Scott, University of South Carolina - Columbia
Robert L. Betteridge

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Abstract

Describes and analyzes the way in which Peter Hately Waddell's Life and Works of Robert Burns was first published, discusses contemporary reaction to the edition, and the significance of its editorial approach.

Keywords

Robert Burns,
Victorian publishing history,
part publication,
textual bibliography

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities,
English Language and Literature and
Literature in English, British Isles

Publication Date

December, 2017

Citation Information

Patrick Scott and Robert L. Betteridge. "The Part Issue of Hately Waddell's Life and Works of Robert Burns" Journal of the Edinburgh Bibliographical Society Vol. 12 (2017) p. 67 - 84
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/patrick_scott/337/