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Lockhart, John Gibson
Lockhart, John Gibson (1794–1854), became one of the principal contributors to Blackwood's Magazine. In 1817 he began a long series of attacks on, in particular, Leigh Hunt, Keats, and Hazlitt, castigating them as the low-born ‘Cockney School of Poetry’. He did, however, support Wordsworth and Coleridge. In 1818 he translated F. von Schlegel's Geschichte der alten und neuen Literatur as Lectures on the History of Literature, Ancient and Modern, and he contributed several important articles on German literature to Blackwood's during the 1820s. He was editor of the Quarterly Review (1825–53) and his ferocity as a critic was well reflected in his chosen nickname, ‘The Scorpion’. He published a wide range of books: Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk (1819), containing spirited sketches of life in Edinburgh and Glasgow; Valerius (1821), a simple tale of Rome under Trajan; his novel Some Passages in the Life of Adam Blair (1822), a dark and disquieting story of a Scots minister; Reginald Dalton (1823), a popular romance; and translations of Ancient Spanish Ballads (1823). His Life of Burns appeared in 1828, and in 1837–8 his Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott (his father-in-law).
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Lockhart, John Gibson." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Lockhart, John Gibson." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-LockhartJohnGibson.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Lockhart, John Gibson." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-LockhartJohnGibson.html |
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John Gibson Lockhart
John Gibson Lockhart 1794–1854, Scottish editor, lawyer, literary critic, and biographer; son-in-law and biographer of Sir Walter Scott. A major contributor to Blackwood's Magazine, he also was editor of and contributor to the Quarterly Review (1825–53). He became known as "The Scorpion" because of the fierceness of his criticism. Among his works are a volume of adaptations (1823) from ancient Spanish ballads, several novels, and a biography of Burns (1828). However, his fame rests on his Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott (7 vol., 1837–38). Although eulogistic, the biography is organized in a unique, discursive manner that produces a vivid portrait of Scott. It is generally ranked among English biographies as second only to Boswell's Johnson. |
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"John Gibson Lockhart." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "John Gibson Lockhart." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Lockhart.html "John Gibson Lockhart." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Lockhart.html |
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