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| − | It was Scott who | + | Sir '''Walter Scott''' (1771-1832) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] novelist and [[poet]] who is most famous for writing ''[[Ivanhoe]]'' (1820), a novel of nearly 200,000 words about a complicated romance in twelfth-century [[England]].<ref name="Gutenberg">Available online at [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/82/82-h/82-h.htm Gutenberg]</ref> Scott is the father of both the regional and historical novels. |
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| + | 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> An oft-quoted phrase from ''Ivanhoe'' is “I have been accustomed to study men’s countenances, and I can read in thine honesty and resolution.”<ref name="Gutenberg"/> | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | == Bibliography == | ||
| + | === Novels === | ||
| + | ==== The Waverley Novels ==== | ||
| + | *Waverley (1814) | ||
| + | *Guy Mannering (1815) | ||
| + | *The Antiquity (1816) | ||
| + | *Rob Roy (1817) | ||
| + | *Ivanhoe (1819) | ||
| + | *The Monastery (1820) | ||
| + | *The Abbot (1820) | ||
| + | *Kenilworth (1821) | ||
| + | *The Pirate (1821) | ||
| + | *The Fortunes of Nigel (1822) | ||
| + | *Peveril of the Peak (1823) | ||
| + | *Quentin Durward (1823) | ||
| + | *Saint Ronan's Well (1823) | ||
| + | *Redgauntlet (1824) | ||
| + | *The Betrothed (1825) | ||
| + | *The Talisman (1825) | ||
| + | *Woodstock (1826) | ||
| + | *Chronicles of the Cannongate (1827) | ||
| + | *The Fair Maid of Perth (1828) | ||
| + | *Anne of Geierstein (1829) | ||
| + | ====Tales of My Landlord==== | ||
| + | *The Black Dwarf (1816) ''First Series'' | ||
| + | *The Tale of Old Mortality (1816) ''First Series'' | ||
| + | *The Heart of Midlothian (1818) ''Second Series'' | ||
| + | *The Bride of Lammermoor (1819) ''Third Series'' | ||
| + | *A Legend of Montrose (1819) ''Third Series'' | ||
| + | *Count Robert of Pais (1831) ''Fourth Series'' | ||
| + | *Castle Dangerous (1831) ''Fourth Series'' | ||
| + | ====Miscellaneous Prose==== | ||
| + | *Paul's Letters to his Kinfolk (1816) | ||
| + | *Letters of Malachi Malagrowther (1826) | ||
| + | *The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte (1827-1828) | ||
| + | *Tales of a Grandfather (1828-1831) | ||
| + | *Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft (1830) | ||
| + | ===Poetry=== | ||
| + | *An Apology for Tales of Terror (1799) | ||
| + | *Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1802-1803) | ||
| + | *The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805) | ||
| + | *Marmion (1808) | ||
| + | *The Lady of the Lake (1810) | ||
| + | *The Vision of Don Roderick (1811) | ||
| + | *Rokeby (1813) | ||
| + | *The Bridal of Triermain (1813) | ||
| + | *The Lord of the Isles (1815) | ||
| + | *The Field of Waterloo (1815) | ||
| + | *The Field of Dauntless (1817) | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
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| + | <references/> | ||
| + | *List of Works [http://www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/works/index.html?PHPSESSID=ec13210aeb43afc047f87cf62a35e61d] | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Famous American writers]] | ||
| + | *[[Lewis Carroll]] | ||
| + | *[[George Gordon, Lord Byron]] | ||
| + | *[[D. H. Lawrence]] | ||
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| + | {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Walter}} | ||
| + | [[Category:British Authors]] | ||
| + | [[Category:British Poets]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Scottish People]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Scottish Literature]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:48, August 13, 2022
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish novelist and poet who is most famous for writing Ivanhoe (1820), a novel of nearly 200,000 words about a complicated romance in twelfth-century England.[1] 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!"[2] An oft-quoted phrase from Ivanhoe is “I have been accustomed to study men’s countenances, and I can read in thine honesty and resolution.”[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.
Bibliography
Novels
The Waverley Novels
- Waverley (1814)
- Guy Mannering (1815)
- The Antiquity (1816)
- Rob Roy (1817)
- Ivanhoe (1819)
- The Monastery (1820)
- The Abbot (1820)
- Kenilworth (1821)
- The Pirate (1821)
- The Fortunes of Nigel (1822)
- Peveril of the Peak (1823)
- Quentin Durward (1823)
- Saint Ronan's Well (1823)
- Redgauntlet (1824)
- The Betrothed (1825)
- The Talisman (1825)
- Woodstock (1826)
- Chronicles of the Cannongate (1827)
- The Fair Maid of Perth (1828)
- Anne of Geierstein (1829)
Tales of My Landlord
- The Black Dwarf (1816) First Series
- The Tale of Old Mortality (1816) First Series
- The Heart of Midlothian (1818) Second Series
- The Bride of Lammermoor (1819) Third Series
- A Legend of Montrose (1819) Third Series
- Count Robert of Pais (1831) Fourth Series
- Castle Dangerous (1831) Fourth Series
Miscellaneous Prose
- Paul's Letters to his Kinfolk (1816)
- Letters of Malachi Malagrowther (1826)
- The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte (1827-1828)
- Tales of a Grandfather (1828-1831)
- Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft (1830)
Poetry
- An Apology for Tales of Terror (1799)
- Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1802-1803)
- The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805)
- Marmion (1808)
- The Lady of the Lake (1810)
- The Vision of Don Roderick (1811)
- Rokeby (1813)
- The Bridal of Triermain (1813)
- The Lord of the Isles (1815)
- The Field of Waterloo (1815)
- The Field of Dauntless (1817)
References
- List of Works [1]