The Edinburgh Companion to Sir Walter Scott / / Fiona Robertson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Robertson, Fiona,
• MitwirkendeR: Baker, Samuel,; Dick, Alexander,; Duncan, Ian,; Ferris, Ina,; Jones, Catherine,; Lumsden, Alison,; Marshall, George,; McCracken-Flesher, Caroline,; McIntosh, Ainsley,; McNeil, Kenneth,; Robertson, Fiona,; Wallace, Tara Ghoshal,; Watson, Nicola J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature : ECSL
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

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.Key Features The first and only 'Companion' to Walter ScottWritten by leading international scholars who have themselves defined modern study of ScottMakes the most innovative and authoritative criticism of Scott accessible and available to new and more specialised readers alikeCovers the full range of Scott's writing, with chapters on his lesser-known as well as canonical works

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Brief Biography of Sir Walter Scott -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Scott’s Authorship and Book Culture -- 2 Ballads and Borders -- 3 The Narrative Poems -- 4 Scott’s Jacobitical Plots -- 5 History and Historiography -- 6 Scott’s Worlds of War -- 7 Scott and the Reformation of Religion -- 8 Romancing and Romanticism -- 9 Monarchy and the Middle-Period Novels -- 10 Scott and Political Economy -- 11 Late Scott -- 12 Afterlives -- Endnotes -- Further Reading -- Notes on Contributors -- Index