Walter Scott and the limits of language / [electronic resource]
Lumsden, Alison,author.
Scott's startlingly contemporary approach to theories of language and the creative impact of this on his work are explored in this new study.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-244) and index.
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
"Living in a world of death" : Scott's narrative poems -- Speaking my language : Waverley, Guy Mannering and The Antiquary -- "Dying words and last confessions" : The Heart of Mid-Lothian -- Lost in translation : Ivanhoe, The Fortunes of Nigel and Peveril of the Peak -- "Narrative continued" : Redgauntlet and Chronicles of the Canongate -- Last words : Count Robert of Paris, Reliquiae Trotcosienses and Castle Dangerous.
Scott's startlingly contemporary approach to theories of language and the creative impact of this on his work are explored in this new study.
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.