The Edinburgh Companion to Sir Walter Scott

ISBN-13: 9780748641291 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 240 str.

Fiona Robertson

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Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is widely recognised as one of the central and defining figures in Scottish literature and in European and American Romanticism. Fabled in his own lifetime as 'the Wizard of the North' and as the (long-anonymous) 'Author of Waverley', he played a unique role in the dissemination of an idea of Scottish culture and history. From his early work as a collector and editor of traditional ballads to the widespread popularity and fame of his poetry and novels, and to his important writings on history, economics, folklore, and literature, Scott refashioned the literary culture of his day and continues to shape our own.The Edinburgh Companion to Sir Walter Scott, the first collection of its kind devoted to his work, draws on the innovative research and scholarship which have revitalised the study of the whole range of his exceptionally diverse writing in recent years. Chapters written by leading international scholars provide an indispensable guide to his work in different genres and reflect the topics and concerns which are most exciting in Scott scholarship today, including his place in literary and popular culture, his experimentation and originality, his relationship to Romanticism, and the revaluation of lesser-known works.

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Abbreviations; Series Editors Preface; Brief Biography of Walter Scott; Introduction; Fiona Robertson; 1. Scott’s Authorship and Book Culture; Ina Ferris; 2. Ballads and Borders, Kenneth McNeil; 3. The Narrative Poems, Alison Lumsden and Ainsley McIntosh; 4. Scott’s Jacobitical Plots, Caroline McCracken-Flesher; 5. History and Historiography, Catherine Jones; 6. Scott’s Worlds of War, Samuel Baker; 7. Scott and the Reformation of Religion, George Marshall; 8. Romancing and Romanticism, Fiona Robertson; 9. Monarchy and the Middle-Period Novels, Tara Ghoshal Wallace; 10. Scott and Political Economy, Alexander Dick; 11. Late Scott, Ian Duncan; 12. Afterlives, Nicola J. Watson; Endnotes; Further Reading; Notes on Contributors; Index.