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Poetry from the Waverley novels and other works / Walter Scott ; edited by David Hewitt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832, author.
- Series:
- The Edinburgh Edition of Walter Scott's Poetry Series
- The Edinburgh edition of Walter Scott's poetry ; 8
- Standardized Title:
- Poems. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--Scottish authors.
- English poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 475 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- This scholarly edition offers a reliably identified collection of Walter Scott's original poetry in the Waverley Novels, the letters and the Journal. Past editors of Scott found it hard to recognise what is and is not quotation; but thanks to modern databases the poems in this volume have been identified as almost certainly his own. This collection demonstrates, again, Scott's brilliant versatility in the handling of verse forms and his extraordinary range of voice. The poetry of the Waverley Novels is often dramatic, being uttered or sung by one of the characters; mottoes at the heads of chapters stand in a critical relationship to the narrative; the poetry of the letters and Journal is often quizzical and self-mocking; and there are many superb parodies.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- General Introduction
- POETRY FROM THE WAVERLEY NOVELS
- Waverley
- Guy Mannering
- The Antiquary
- The Black Dwarf
- The Tale of Old Mortality
- Rob Roy
- The Heart of Mid-Lothian
- The Bride of Lammermoor
- A Legend of the Wars of Montrose
- Ivanhoe
- The Monastery
- The Abbot
- Kenilworth
- The Pirate
- The Fortunes of Nigel
- Peveril of the Peak
- Quentin Durward
- Saint Ronan's Well
- Redgauntlet
- The Betrothed
- The Talisman
- Woodstock
- Chronicles of the Canongate
- Saint Valentine's Day
- Anne of Geierstein
- Count Robert of Paris
- Castle Dangerous
- The Shorter Fiction
- The Magnum Opus
- Scott's Letters
- Scott's Journal
- Essay on the Texts
- Textual and Explanatory Notes.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 18, 2026).
- Contains:
- Container of: Scott, Walter, 1771-1832. http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n78095541 Waverley novels. Selections.
- ISBN:
- 1-3995-2266-3
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