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Walter Scott and modernity / Andrew Lincoln.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lincoln, Andrew.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832--Criticism and interpretation.
- Scott, Walter.
- Literature and society--Scotland--History--19th century.
- Literature and society.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- This book includes critical introductions to some of Scotts most influential poems and explores the narrative strategies and ideological interests of some of his greatest novels.
- Contents:
- Towards the Modern Nation: The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, The Lady of the Lake, and Waverley
- The Condition of England: Ivanhoe and Kenilworth
- Western Identities and the Orient: Guy Mannering and The Talisman
- Commerce, Civilisation, War, and the Highlands: Rob Roy and A Legend of the Wars of Montrose
- Liberal Dilemmas: Scott and Covenanting Tradition: The Tale of Old Mortality and The Heart of Mid-Lothian
- Liberal Dilemmas: Liberty or Alienation? The Bride of Lammermoor and Redgauntlet
- Postscript.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-243) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7486-5187-X
- 1-281-25226-3
- 9786611252267
- 0-7486-3135-6
- OCLC:
- 437203030
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