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Walter Scott and the limits of language / Alison Lumsden.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lumsden, Alison, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832--Criticism and interpretation.
- Scott, Walter.
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832--Literary style.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 248 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Walter Scott & the Limits of Language
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Scott's startlingly contemporary approach to theories of language and the creative impact of this on his work are explored in this new study.
- Contents:
- "Living in a world of death" : Scott's narrative poems
- Speaking my language : Waverley, Guy Mannering and The Antiquary
- "Dying words and last confessions" : The Heart of Mid-Lothian
- Lost in translation : Ivanhoe, The Fortunes of Nigel and Peveril of the Peak
- "Narrative continued" : Redgauntlet and Chronicles of the Canongate
- Last words : Count Robert of Paris, Reliquiae Trotcosienses and Castle Dangerous.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7486-5161-6
- 0-7486-4467-9
- OCLC:
- 923711148
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