Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is the great poet of the Scottish people, their history and land, yet he wrote at a time when Scottish culture and landscapes were changing rapidly under English pressure. Introducing this selection, James Reed, an authority on ballads and the Border tradition, sets Scott in context as both a European Romantic and a Scottish folk poet. He also illuminates the political and cultural context of his work. This selection, which includes early love poems, songs from the novels, landscape poems from The Lay of the Last Minstrel and The Lady of the Lake, and the complete narrative poems 'William and Helen' and Marmion, reveals Scott as a poet who speaks for a people.
The selection contains notes on the text, suggestions for further reading and a glossary.
| ISBN: | 9781857546989 |
| Publication date: | 24th April 2003 |
| Author: | Walter Scott |
| Publisher: | FyfieldBooks an imprint of Carcanet Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 253 pages |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets |
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is the great poet of the Scottish people, their history and land, yet he wrote at a time when Scottish culture and landscapes were changing rapidly under English pressure. Introducing this selection, James Reed, an authority on ballads and the Border tradition, sets Scott in context as both a European Romantic and a Scottish folk poet. He also illuminates the political and cultural context of his work. This selection, which includes early love poems, songs from the novels, landscape poems from The Lay of the Last Minstrel and The Lady of the Lake, and the complete narrative poems 'William and Helen' and Marmion, reveals Scott as a poet who speaks for a people.
The selection contains notes on the text, suggestions for further reading and a glossary.
Selected Poems features in the following genres: Poetry by individual poets
Selected Poems is available in Paperback
Selected Poems was written by Walter Scott and published by FyfieldBooks an imprint of Carcanet Press
Selected Poems has 253 pages
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