| Sir Walter Scott: Landscape and Locality Contributor(s): Reed, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 1472509293 ISBN-13: 9781472509291 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $188.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: 823.709 |
| Series: Bloomsbury Academic Collections. English Literary Criticism |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.04 lbs) 198 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Scott was the first British novelist to discover in landscape a literary as well as a pictoral medium, an insight which he exploits to powerful effect in his Scottish novels. Mr Reed's book breaks new ground by demonstrating the originality of Scott's landscapes, in which romantic nature takes its place in a realistic context of people, history, architecture and traditions. The author shows how, as poet and novelist, Scott explores the notion of place to a depth where it operates not merely as dramatic background but as a force which shapes and directs the minds of its inhabitants. This study adds a new dimension to the understanding of Scott's work. |