No writer has ever been as famous as Sir Walter Scott once was; and no writer has ever enjoyed such huge acclaim followed by such absolute neglect and outright hostility. But Scotland would not be Scotland except for Scott. All the icons of Scottishness have their roots in Scott's novels, poems, public events and histories.
It's a legacy both inspiring and constraining, and just one of the ironies that fuse Scott and Scotland into Scott-land. In this book Stuart Kelly reveals Scott the paradox: the celebrity unknown, the nationalist unionist, the aristocrat loved by communists, the forward-looking reactionary. Part literary study, part biography, part travelogue, part surreptitious autobiography, Scott-land unveils a complex, contradictory man and the complex contradictory country he created.
Insightful, accessible, witty and melancholy, this is a 'voyage around my fatherland' like no other.
| ISBN: | 9781846975646 |
| Publication date: | 3rd June 2021 |
| Author: | Stuart Kelly |
| Publisher: | Polygon an imprint of Birlinn Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: writers European history |
No writer has ever been as famous as Sir Walter Scott once was; and no writer has ever enjoyed such huge acclaim followed by such absolute neglect and outright hostility. But Scotland would not be Scotland except for Scott.
Scott-Land features in the following genres: Biography: writers, European history
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Scott-Land was written by Stuart Kelly and published by Polygon an imprint of Birlinn Ltd
Scott-Land has 304 pages