Scott's novels and the counter-revolutionary politics of place / / by Dani Napton.

• Superior document: Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; Volume 27
• VerfasserIn: Napton, Dani,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill Rodopi,, [2018]
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Scottish cultural review of language and literature. Volume 27.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (249 pages).

Counter-revolutionary or wary progressive? Critical apologist for the Stuart and Hanoverian dynasties? What are the political and cultural significances of place when Scott represents the instabilities generated by the Union? Scott's Novels and the Counter-Revolutionary Politics of Place analyses Scott’s sophisticated, counter-revolutionary interpretation of Britain's past and present in relation to those questions. Exploring the diversity within Scott’s life and writings, as historian and political commentator, conservative committed to progress, Scotsman and Briton, lawyer and philosopher, this monograph focuses on how Scott portrays and analyses the evolution of the state through notions of place and landscape. It especially considers Scott’s response to revolution and rebellion, and his geopolitical perspective on the transition from Stuart to Hanoverian sovereignty.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Permissions -- Introduction -- Compromised Authority and Confinement in The Fortunes of Nigel and Woodstock -- Governance and Agency in Woodstock and Peveril of the Peak -- Oppression, Justice and Monarchy in Peveril of the Peak and The Heart of Mid-Lothian -- Landscaping Justice, Rebellion and Dynastic Failure in The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Waverley and Redgauntlet -- The Royal Presence as Locale: Rehabilitating the Stuart and Hanoverian Monarchies -- Homecoming, Return and Journey’s End -- Back Matter -- Index.