Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-128).
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Scott's changing world and the making of Waverley -- Waverley as story -- Waverley as history -- Waverley as initiator -- Conclusions.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"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. It became a landmark also in European historiography, literary realism and book-selling. In this study, Richard Humphrey traces and accounts for the text's broad impact 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."--Jacket.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Scott, Walter,1771-1832., Waverley novels.
Scott, Walter,1771-1832., Waverley.
Scott, Walter (1771-1832)., Waverley novels.
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832, Waverley, or, 'tis sixty years since
Scott, Walter,(1771-1832)
Scott, Walter., Waverley, or, 'tis sixty years since.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746-- Literature and the rebellion.