Sir Walter Scott

Klappentext A biography of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), published in the first series of 'English Men of Letters' in 1878. Zusammenfassung Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) was the first English-language author to achieve truly international fame in his lifetime, with books such as Ivanhoe and Rob Roy. First published in 1878, Richard H. Hutton's biography tells Scott's story from his childhood, through his extraordinary fame and success, to his final days. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prefatory note; 1. Ancestry, parentage, and childhood; 2. Youth - choice of a profession; 3. Love and marriage; 4. Earliest poetry and Border Ministrelsy; 5. Scott's maturer poems; 6. Companions and friends; 7. First country homes; 8. Removal to Abbotsford, and life there; 9. Scott's partnerships with the Ballantynes; 10. The Waverley novels; 11. Scott's morality and religion; 12. Distractions and amusements at Abbotsford; 13. Scott and George IV; 14. Scott as a politician; 15. Scott in adversity; 16. The last year; 17. The end of the struggle.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Holt Hutton, Hutton Richard Holt
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2011
• EAN: 9781108034678
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03467-8
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - English Men of Letters; English Men of Letters 39 Volume Set
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: poetry and poets, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form