Peter’s Letters to his Kinsfolk

Part fictional travelogue, part manifesto for Romantic cultural nationalism, Peter’s Letters to his Kinsfolk set the agenda for Scottish cultural criticism well into the twentieth century. This superb critical edition recaptures the gossipy zest as well as polemical seriousness of Lockhart’s anatomy of personalities and institutions in the ‘Age of Scott’. -- Ian Duncan, University of California, Berkeley
Whilst Peter’s Letters remains, in some ways, a challenging text, Garside and Hughes’s interventions reveal its readability and improve its accessibility. This is an edition that I would have treasured as a doctoral student. However, those familiar with the work will also find a great deal to assist and extend their reading in Hughes and Garside’s careful editorial work. This edition is both authoritative and reinvigorating, and will, I hope, encourage fresh perspectives on this lively and engaging account of Regency Scotland. -- Sarah Sharp, University of Aberdeen * Scottish Literary Review *