Matthew Wald Explained

Matthew Wald
Author:	John Gibson Lockhart
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English
Publisher:	William Blackwood
Release Date:	1824
Media Type:	Print

The History of Matthew Wald is an 1824 novel by the Scottish writer John Gibson Lockhart originally published by William Blackwood.^{[1] [2]} It was the fourth and last novel written by Lockhart, the son-in-law of Walter Scott. The novel is partly set in a lunatic asylum. It was influenced by the writings of William Godwin and resembles Justified Sinner by James Hogg, published the same year.^[3]

Bibliography

• Baugh, Albert C (ed.) A Literary History of England Vol. 4. Routledge, 2004.
• Brown, Ian (ed.) Edinburgh History of Scottish Literature: Enlightenment, Britain and Empire (1707-1918). Edinburgh University Press, 2006.
• Carruthers, Gerard (ed.) A Companion to Scottish Literature. John Wiley & Sons, 2023.

Notes and References

1. Brown p.216
2. Carruthers p.111
3. Baugh p.1274