Unveiling Lady Scott : Walter Scott, French influence and transcultural connections / Céline Sabiron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sabiron, Céline, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in eighteenth-century connections

Cambridge elements. Elements in eighteenth-century connections, 2632-5578

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832--Relations with women.

Scott, Walter.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"This Element sheds new light on Walter Scott's work by investigating the French influence of his wife, Charlotte Charpentier, later Lady Scott, through her transcultural upbringing and international connections. Much of the limited information about her is tainted by misconceptions from predominantly British male biographers of Scott, whose perspectives were centred on the great man and coloured by anti-French sentiment during the revolutionary period. Through new French and British public records, historical archives, annual registers, and personal materials like letters and diaries from the Scotts' family and social circles, this Element corrects false allegations and highlights her significant, yet largely unrecognised, behind-the-scenes social and literary influence on Scott's writing. By analysing these sources and conducting in-depth readings of Scott's texts, the Element emphasises Scott's collaborative literary approach and argues that Lady Scott, a knowledgeable art and literature enthusiast, greatly assisted him in his work as his secretary, amanuensis, and proofreader"-- Cambridge University Press.

Contents:

Veiling Lady Scott : Critical mystification across the Channel

Mingling with a fading transnational network : French Charlotte among foreigners in Lyon

Unbecoming French : Charlotte’s shifting identity in cosmopolitan London

Transcultural Charlotte : Walter Scott’s creative supporter and literary assistant.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge University Press, viewed December 5, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Sabiron, Céline. Unveiling Lady Scott

ISBN:

9781009535328

1009535323

9781009535281

1009535285

OCLC:

1542821270

Publisher Number:

CIPO000285856

CIPO000293585

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license