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Sir '''Walter Scott''' (1771-1832) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] novelist and [[poet]] who is most famous for writing ''[[Ivanhoe]]'' (1820), a novel about a complicated romance in twelfth-century [[England]]. Scott is the father of both the regional and historical novels. | Sir '''Walter Scott''' (1771-1832) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] novelist and [[poet]] who is most famous for writing ''[[Ivanhoe]]'' (1820), a novel about a complicated romance in twelfth-century [[England]]. Scott is the father of both the regional and historical novels. | ||
| − | It was Scott who wrote, "what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive!"<ref>Scott's poem entitled ''Marmion'' (1808).</ref> | + | It was Scott who wrote, "what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to [[deceit|deceive]]!"<ref>Scott's poem entitled ''Marmion'' (1808).</ref> |
Scott was also highly influential in the resurgence of Scottish [[nationalism]], which had been suppressed since the Jacobite rising of 1745, and had a major part in the fabrication of the romantic image of the [[tartan]]-[[kilt]]ed Scotsman which we still have today. | Scott was also highly influential in the resurgence of Scottish [[nationalism]], which had been suppressed since the Jacobite rising of 1745, and had a major part in the fabrication of the romantic image of the [[tartan]]-[[kilt]]ed Scotsman which we still have today. | ||
Revision as of 13:34, March 17, 2012
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish novelist and poet who is most famous for writing Ivanhoe (1820), a novel about a complicated romance in twelfth-century England. Scott is the father of both the regional and historical novels.
It was Scott who wrote, "what a tangled web we weave, when first we practise to deceive!"[1]
Scott was also highly influential in the resurgence of Scottish nationalism, which had been suppressed since the Jacobite rising of 1745, and had a major part in the fabrication of the romantic image of the tartan-kilted Scotsman which we still have today.
References
- ↑ Scott's poem entitled Marmion (1808).