Scott was the first British novelist to discover in landscape a literary as well as a pictoral medium, an insight which he exploits to powerful effect in his Scottish novels. Mr Reed's book breaks new ground by demonstrating the originality of Scott's landscapes, in which romantic nature takes its place in a realistic context of people, history, architecture and traditions. The author shows how, as poet and novelist, Scott explores the notion of place to a depth where it operates not merely as dramatic background but as a force which shapes and directs the minds of its inhabitants. This study adds a new dimension to the understanding of Scott's work.
| ISBN: | 9781472509291 |
| Publication date: | 7th November 2013 |
| Author: | James Reed |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 198 pages |
| Series: | Bloomsbury Academic Collections. English Literary Criticism |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers |
Scott was the first British novelist to discover in landscape a literary as well as a pictoral medium, an insight which he exploits to powerful effect in his Scottish novels. Mr Reed's book breaks new ground by demonstrating the originality of Scott's landscapes, in which romantic nature takes its place in a realistic context of people, history, architecture and traditions. The author shows how, as poet and novelist, Scott explores the notion of place to a depth where it operates not merely as dramatic background but as a force which shapes and directs the minds of its inhabitants. This study adds a new dimension to the understanding of Scott's work.
Sir Walter Scott features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Sir Walter Scott is available in Hardback
Sir Walter Scott was written by James Reed and published by Bloomsbury Academic an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Sir Walter Scott has 198 pages
Yes it is part of Bloomsbury Academic Collections. English Literary Criticism series
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