The Novels of Walter Scott and his Literary Relations [electronic resource] : Mary Brunton, Susan Ferrier and Christian Johnstone /
Monnickendam, A.author.
Using a wealth of diverse source material this book comprises an innovative critical study which, for the first time, examines Scott through the filter of his female contemporaries. It not only provides thought-provoking ideas about their handling of, for example, the love-plot, but also produces a different, more sombre Scott.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mary Brunton: from the soul of the Baroque to Tron church -- Susan Ferrier and the lucre-banished clans -- Christian Isobel Johnstone: from centrifugal to centripetal -- Question time.
Using a wealth of diverse source material this book comprises an innovative critical study which, for the first time, examines Scott through the filter of his female contemporaries. It not only provides thought-provoking ideas about their handling of, for example, the love-plot, but also produces a different, more sombre Scott.
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Sociology.
British literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Gender Studies.
British and Irish Literature.