Scott: Waverley
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- Author: Richard Humphrey
- Date Published: April 2011
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- isbn: 9780511876059
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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. Innovative and humane in its plot, rich in social detail, and truly international in popularity, it not only launched a genre, but also became a landmark in literary realism, in historiography and in bookselling. In this study, Richard Humphrey traces and accounts for the text's impact on historical fiction and shows its originality in tackling the manifold issues of rebellion and warfare, separatism and union, prejudice and cultural tolerance. He sets Waverley in its social and literary context, provides detailed analysis of key portions of the text, and offers guidance on further reading.
Read more- This is the first book-length student introduction to Waverley, the first historical novel in world literature
- Of interest to students of the novel, realism and historiography
- Also of interest for Scottish cultural studies
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- Date Published: April 2011
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9780511876059
- contains: 1 table
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
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.
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