Byron and Scott : the Waverley novels and historical engagement / by Roderick S. Speer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Speer, Roderick S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832--Friends and associates.

Scott, Walter.

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824--Friends and associates.

Byron, George Gordon Byron.

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832--Criticism and interpretation.

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832--Influence.

Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824--Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Literary historians have repeatedly observed that while Scott as a poet was the first British literary lion of the nineteenth century, his fame was supplanted by Byron as a poet starting in 1812. But that is as far as they take the relationship seriously, for the two writers are traditionally thought of as very different, even as political and temperamental opposites. But in fact, the two writers met each other in 1815, liked each other, and cherished their friendship the rest of their live...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [107]-113) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-41312-0

9786612413124

1-4438-0939-X

OCLC:

827949193