Walter Scott and the Limits of Language /

Walter Scott and the Limits of Language / / Alison Lumsden.

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Scott's startlingly contemporary approach to theories of language and the creative impact of this on his work are explored in this new study. Alison Lumsden examines the linguistic diversity and creative playfulness of Scott's fiction and suggests that an evolving scepticism towards the co...

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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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Lumsden, Alison,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2010
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations and Shortened Forms of Reference
  • Introduction: The ‘Poverty’ of Words
  • 1. ‘Living in a World of Death’: Scott’s Narrative Poems
  • 2. Speaking my Language: Waverley, Guy Mannering and The Antiquary
  • 3. ‘Dying Words and Last Confessions’: The Heart of Mid-Lothian
  • 4. Lost in Translation: Ivanhoe, The Fortunes of Nigel and Peveril of the Peak
  • 5. ‘Narrative Continued’: Redgauntlet and Chronicles of the Canongate
  • 6. Last Words: Count Robert of Paris, Reliquiae Trotcosienses and Castle Dangerous
  • Afterword
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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