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Castle dangerous / Sir Walter Scott ; edited by J.H. Alexander.
LIBRA PR5315 1993 v.23b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
- Series:
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832. Waverley novels (Edinburgh ed.) ; v. 23b.
- Edinburgh edition of the Waverley novels ; v. 23b
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Scotland--History--Robert I, 1306-1329--Fiction.
- Scotland.
- Scotland--History--War of Independence, 1285-1371--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 424 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- In "Castle Dangerous", Walter Scott retells a story found in Barbour's "Brus". Set in the early fourteenth century during the Scottish Wars of Independence, an English knight defends Douglas Castle against Scottish attempts to retake it. The ballad-like story touches on national rivalry and the idealization of love. The Douglas area, seen as an almost surrealist, gloomy landscape of ravines, trenches, and tombs, perfectly reflect Scott's bleak narrative.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0748605886
- 9780748605880
- OCLC:
- 60371253
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