The Tale of Old Mortality / Douglas Mack, Walter Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Walter, Author.

Mack, Douglas R. A., Author.

Series:

Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels : EEWN

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (522 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Find Out What Scott Really WroteGoing back to the original manuscripts, a team of scholars has uncovered what Scott originally wrote and intended his public to read before errors, misreadings and expurgations crept in during production.The Edinburgh Edition offers you:A clean, corrected textTextual historiesExplanatory notesVerbal changes from the first-edition textFull glossariesTitle DescriptionThe Tale of Old Mortality describes the lives – and often violent deaths – the hopes, and the struggles, of the Covenanters in late seventeenth-century Scotland. A tale of extremism, bigotry and cruelty, it is redeemed by its characters' courage and loyalty, and their passionate belief in religious and civil liberty. Considered to be one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century, its influence pervades European writing from Stendhal to Tolstoy.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Foreword

Contents

Acknowledgements

General Introduction

Tales of my Landlord

Volume First

Volume Second

Volume Third

Essay on the Text

Emendation List

End-of-Line Hyphens

Historical Note

Explanatary Notes

Glossary.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-4744-3380-4

OCLC:

1372581434