Subversive Scott : the Waverley novels and Scottish nationalism / Julian Meldon D'Arcy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

D'Arcy, Julian Meldon.

Series:

Monograph series of the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute ; v. 1.

Monograph series of the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832. Waverley novels.

Scott, Walter.

Intellectual life.

Politics and literature.

History.

Scotland--In literature.

Scotland.

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832--Political and social views.

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.

Political and social views.

Nationalism in literature.

Politics and literature--Scotland--History--19th century.

Scotland--Intellectual life--19th century.

Physical Description:

294 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Reykjavík : Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute of Foreign Languages : University of Iceland Press, [2005]

Summary:

For the last fifty years or so the standard critical view of Sir Walter Scott's fiction has been that, while paying full tribute to Scotland's heroic, ancient independence and romantic Jacobite past, his Scottish Waverley Novels ultimately present Scotland's future as nonetheless belonging within the peace, prosperity and progress of the United Kingdom and the British Empire. The author argues that there is considerable evidence in Scott's work to corroborate a claim that, despite his apparently politically correct fiction and lifestyle, his Waverley Novels contain undetected and underrated manifestations of Scottish nationalism which not only invoke sharp criticism of both the Union and English imperial policy, but also reveal his passionate concern, as a true Scotsman, with the issues of Scotlands national identity, dignity, and independence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-280) and index.

ISBN:

9979546662

9789979546665

OCLC:

64450923