A scholarly edition of the letters of the Scottish Romantic poet, Thomas Campbell (1777-1844).

这项研究将产生苏格兰浪漫主义诗人托马斯·坎贝尔书信的第一个学术版本。奇怪的是，坎贝尔一直被最近英国浪漫主义的批评者忽视，也没有出现在21世纪对这一时期的关键描述中(例如，邓肯·吴的《浪漫主义：无名诗集》(2012))。他的诗的最后一个完整版是在1907年出版的。他的书信之前唯一的版本是威廉·比蒂的《托马斯·坎贝尔的生平和书信》(1849)，出版了他的信件的一小部分，文字根据当时的惯例进行了删节。然而，作为畅销诗《希望的快乐》(1799)的作者和著名公职人员(格拉斯哥大学校长)的作者，坎贝尔对同时代的人来说是一个重要的人物。这个项目将通过以下方式解决他的疏忽：从原稿转录，编辑和注释他的信件，从而揭示关于他的生活、作品和网络的新信息。写两个介绍性章节：(I)探索坎贝尔是如何以及为什么被遗忘的，以及对他的疗养将增加目前对英国浪漫主义和正典形成的知识和理解；(Ii)展示他的信件是如何理解坎贝尔自己的职业生涯和参与更广泛的浪漫主义时期的社交活动的关键。这篇论文建立在我在浪漫主义时期的传记和文学声誉方面的本科工作(《自我与世界》)，我的硕士模块《纺织》和《文学史》，以及将编辑和分析坎贝尔写给德比郡F·C·阿克赖特夫人的信件的硕士论文。我以前在Boots档案馆和Chatsworth House处理不同时期的档案材料的经验，以及在BA和MA获得的古文字学技能与这个项目的完成直接相关，并将促进这一项目的完成。

This research will produce the first scholarly edition of the letters of Thomas Campbell, the ScottishRomantic poet. Campbell has been strangely neglected by recent critics of British Romanticism and isabsent from key twentyfirst century accounts of the period (e.g. Duncan Wu's Romanticism: AnAnthology (2012)). The last full edition of his poems was published in 1907. The only previous editionof his letters is William Beattie's Life and Letters of Thomas Campbell (1849), which published asmall selection of his correspondence, with texts expurgated according to the conventions of the time.Yet as the author of the bestselling poem 'Pleasures of Hope' (1799) and holder of a prominent publicoffice (Rector of Glasgow University), Campbell was a significant figure to his contemporaries. Thisproject will tackle his neglect by:Transcribing from original manuscripts, editing and annotating his letters, thus revealing newinformation about his life, works, and networksWriting two introductory chapters that: (i) explore how and why Campbell was forgotten and whatrecuperating him will add to current knowledge and understanding of British Romanticism and ofcanon formation; (ii) demonstrate how his letters, sent to a wide range of correspondents fromdisparate backgrounds, are key to understanding both Campbell's own career and involvement inwider Romantic period sociability.This thesis builds on my undergraduate work on biography and literary reputation in the Romanticperiod ('Self and the World'), my MA modules 'Textualities' and 'Literary Histories', and MA dissertation,which will edit and analyse Campbell's letters to Mrs. F.C. Arkwright of Derbyshire. My previous handsonexperience working with archival materials from a range of different periods in the Boots Archivesand Chatsworth House and skills acquired at BA and MA in palaeography are directly relevant to andwill facilitate the completion of this project.