Table of Contents

Preface - Author's Note - I SCOTLAND: BORDER FARM TO LITERARY EDINBURGH (1789-1820)
The Elfin Band
Edinburgh: the Shallows
Edinburgh: at the Flood
A Long, a Last Adieu! - II THE CAPE FRONTIER: PIONEER, SETTLER LEADER (1820-1821)
Settler Leader: Arrival
At Glen Lynden
Beyond Glen Lynden - III CAPE TOWN & GENADENDAL: THE STAND AGAINST POWER (1822-1825)
Westward
'An Arrant Dissenter'
Vale of Grace
On the Frontier: the Final Year - IV THE FRONTIER, KARROO: RURAL RETREAT & THE 'GREAT CAUSE' (1825-1826)
Return to Glen Lynden
Karroo Turning Point
Last Months at Eildon
Return of the Settler - V LONDON LITERARY LIFE & THE ANTI-SLAVERY CAMPAIGN (1826-1833)
London Journalist & Editor
The Literary Life & Cape Achievements
Emancipation & After - VI SCOTLAND & HIGHGATE: A POET RETURNS TO HIS ROOTS & LAST WORKS (1830-1834)
'A Little Doctoring'
African Sketches: Responses
On Scottish Ground
Journey's End

Reviews

Thorough, indispensable, fascinating and highly recommended.To sing the praises of [this] book is easy.
*BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR ROMANTIC STUDIES*

Vigne has carefully recreated a life in all its triumphs and sorrows. We now have a far better insight into 'the father of South African poetry'.
*SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORICAL JOURNAL*

A readable, meticulous work which sets a very high standard. [It is likely to be] the definitive biography of Pringle for many years to come.
*ENGLISH STUDIES IN AFRICA*

[A] fine biography. . Vigne maintains a lucid sense of the historical context of Pringle's life [and] is alive to the illustrative anecdote, the detail that enlivens the focussed narrative. . The book is well annotated, illustrated and indexed, and production values are excellent.
*ENGLISH IN AFRICA*

A fine biography. [It] is a most satisfying book and an important contribution to South African scholarship.
*CAPE TIMES*

[Vigne] has produced a full portrait of the frontier poet, who may well be said to have kicked off the literature of modern South Africa in English.
*MAIL & GUARDIAN [South Africa]*

The remarkable story of a man of genius.
*SALON*