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PaperbackEngels9780712697545
5-9-2002
Wilson's subtle, entertaining and frequently provocative critical biography looks back through the indifference which has surrounded Walter Scott in recent times, and the distortions of his Victorian idolaters, to recapture the freshness of Scott as he appeared to his contemporaries. Meer
GebondenEngels9780748605729
1-1-1996
Against the background of Montrose’s campaign of 1644-5, this spirited novel centres on one of Scott’s most memorable creations - Sir Dugald Dalgetty of Drumthwacket. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781474429870
6-2-2023
At 250, Walter Scott points toward our possible futures. Meer
GebondenEngels9780198794820
9-3-2017
Walter Scott and Fame is a study of correspondences between Scott and socially and culturally diverse readers of his work in the English-speaking world in the early nineteenth century. Meer
GebondenEngels9780748626069
19-4-2007
This book includes critical introductions to some of Scott’s most influential poems, and explores the narrative strategies and ideological interests of some of his greatest novels. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781108046251
14-6-2012
The work of the poet and novelist Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) frequently reflected his interest in Scottish history, and he is regarded as having written some of the most influential historical fiction of the nineteenth century. Meer
GebondenEngels9780748605378
1-7-1995
The third of the Waverley Novels is dominated by two old men, Jonathan Oldbuck (the Antiquary of the title) and the beggar Edie Ochiltree. Meer
GebondenEngels9780748605750
27-3-2000
The Abbot concludes the fiction begun in The Monastery. Scott follows the fortunes of young Roland Graeme as he emerges from rural obscurity to become an attendant of Mary Queen of Scots during her captivity in Lochleven Castle. Meer
GebondenEngels9780748605866
27-3-2000
Anne of Geierstein (1829) is set in Central Europe in the fifteenth century, but it is a remarkably modern novel, for the central issues are the political instability and violence that arise from the mix of peoples and the fluidity of European boundaries. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781770467415
9-7-2024
Everybody s favourite party girl Wendy is so back. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781770463998
4-6-2020
The existential dread of making (or not making) art takes centre stage in this trenchant satire of MFA culture Meer
PaperbackEngels9781108025874
27-1-2011
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) is best known for his poetry and for historical novels such as Ivanhoe and Rob Roy, but he also had a lifelong fascination with witchcraft and the occult. Meer
GebondenEngels9780748624874
25-6-2008
The only available editions of these two works by Scott, presented with full explanatory notes and glossary. Meer
GebondenEngels9780748614912
30-10-2012
This is the second of the 2-volume introduction and notes which Scott wrote to accompany the first complete edition of his fiction. His notes explain both use of language and incidents in his novels. Meer
GebondenEngels9780748605903
30-10-2012
This is the first of the 2-volume introduction and notes which Scott wrote to accompany the first complete edition of his fiction. His notes explain both use of language and incidents in his novels. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780198806400
6-7-2017
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was once a household name, but is now largely forgotten. This book explores how Scott's work became an all-pervasive point of reference for cultural memory and collective identity in the nineteenth century, and why it no longer has this role. Meer
GebondenEngels9780199644018
8-3-2012
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was once a household name, but is now largely forgotten. This book explores how Scott's work became an all-pervasive point of reference for cultural memory and collective identity in the nineteenth century, and why it no longer has this role. Meer
PaperbackEngels9781474487146
25-1-2023
A study of Walter Scott’s short stories, novella and tales Meer