Walter Scott

Klappentext Scott's Waverley (1814)! set in and around the Jacobite Rising in the Scotland of 1745 6! was the first historical novel in world literature. Zusammenfassung Scott's Waverley (1814), set in and around the Jacobite Rising in the Scotland of 1745–6, was the first historical novel in world literature. In this study, Richard Humphrey traces and accounts for the text's broad impact on and shows its originality in tackling the manifold issues of rebellion and warfare, separatism and union, prejudice and cultural tolerance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology; Introduction; 1. Scott's changing world and the making of Waverley; 2. Waverley as story; 3. Waverley as history; 4. Waverley as initiator; 5. Conclusions; Appendix; Guide to further reading.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Richard Humphrey
• Mitarbeit: J. P. Stern (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: External catalogues UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.07.2008
• EAN: 9780521378888
• ISBN: 978-0-521-37888-8
• Serie: Landmarks of World Literature
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft