Walter Scott and Modernity / / Andrew Lincoln.
Walter Scott and Modernity argues that, far from turning away from modernity to indulge a nostalgic vision of the past, Scott uses the past as means of exploring key problems in the modern world.This study includes critical introductions to some of the most widely read poems published in nineteenth-...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Towards the Modern Nation
- 3 The Condition of England
- 4 Western Identities and the Orient
- 5 Commerce, Civilisation, War, and the Highlands
- 6 Liberal Dilemmas: Scott and Covenanting Tradition
- 7 Liberal Dilemmas: Liberty or Alienation?
- 8 Postscript
- Bibliography
- Index