{"product_id":"john-stuart-blackie-a-biography-paperback-9781108011785","title":"John Stuart Blackie; A Biography (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108011785","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJohn Stuart Blackie\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Biography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn 1896 biography of John Stuart Blackie (1805–1895), the Scottish linguist, educator and literary critic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnna M. Stoddart (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108011785, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 April 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e500 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJohn Stuart Blackie (1805–1895) trained in law and studied divinity in Scotland and Germany before becoming a professor of Classics. Confident, well-travelled, vivacious, and outspoken, he delivered numerous public lectures, was instrumental in the founding of the Gaelic Chair at Edinburgh University, and published translations of many German and Classical works, as well as an impressive body of literary criticism. He was active in Radical politics, a strong opponent of the 1867 Reform Bill, and well-known for his eccentric dress. Anna M. Stoddart's detailed biography of Blackie, published in 1896, provides captivating insights into this extraordinary man's life and times by drawing on letters and papers provided by Blackie's widow and colleagues soon after his death. It remains a useful source for scholars interested in Scottish education or the experience of Scots abroad, as well as those studying nineteenth-century literature and literary criticism.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Parentage and childhood, 1809–1819\u003cbr\u003e 2. At school and college, 1820–1829\u003cbr\u003e 3. Student life in Göttingen, 1829\u003cbr\u003e 4. Student life in Berlin, 1829–1830\u003cbr\u003e 5. Rome, 1830–1831\u003cbr\u003e 6. End of wanderjahre, 1831–1832\u003cbr\u003e 7. Years of struggle, 1832–1837\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Test Acts, 1837–1849\u003cbr\u003e 9. Installation and marriage, 1841–1842\u003cbr\u003e 10. Aberdeen and university reform, 1842–1850\u003cbr\u003e 11. Aeschylus and the Greek chair, 1850–1852\u003cbr\u003e 12. Edinburgh, 1852–1857\u003cbr\u003e 13. Lays, lectures, and lyrics, 1857–1860\u003cbr\u003e 14. Homer, 1861–1866\u003cbr\u003e 15. The highlands and islands, 1866–1870\u003cbr\u003e 16. Pilgrim years, 1870–1872\u003cbr\u003e 17. Self-culture, 1873–1874\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Celtic chair, 1875–1876\u003cbr\u003e 19. Egypt, 1876–1879\u003cbr\u003e 20. Retirement from the Greek chair, 1880–1882\u003cbr\u003e 21. Class-room and platform, 1841–1882\u003cbr\u003e 22. Recreations of an emeritus professor, 1882–1887\u003cbr\u003e 23. Living Greek, 1888–1891\u003cbr\u003e 24. Closing years, 1892–1895\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Language: history \u0026amp; general works [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Language: history \u0026amp; general works\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Language:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20general%20works%20%5BCBX%5D%22\"\u003eCBX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265928384792,"sku":"9781108011785","price":36.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108011785i.jpg?v=1694867521","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/john-stuart-blackie-a-biography-paperback-9781108011785","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}