Ivanhoe
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Date: 2018-12-28

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Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1819 (all first editions carry the date of 1820, however, it was released at the end of December 1819) in three volumes and subtitled "A Romance". At the time it was written it represented a shift by Scott away from fairly realistic novels set in Scotland in the comparatively recent past, to a somewhat fanciful depiction of medieval England. It has proved to be one of the best known and most influential of Scott's novels.

"Ivanhoe" is set in 12th-century England, with colourful descriptions of a tournament, outlaws, a witch trial and divisions between Jews and Christians. It has been credited for increasing interest in romance and medievalism; John Henry Newman claimed Scott "had first turned men's minds in the direction of the Middle Ages", while Carlyle and Ruskin made similar assertions of Scott's overwhelming influence over the revival, based primarily on the publication of this novel. It has also had an important influence on popular perceptions of Richard the Lionheart, King John, and Robin Hood.

There have been several adaptations for stage, film and television.

In June 1819 Scott was still suffering from the severe stomach pains that had forced him to dictate the last part of "The Bride of Lammermoor" and most of "A Legend of the Wars of Montrose", finishing at the end of May. But by the beginning of July at the latest he had started dictating his new novel "Ivanhoe", again with John Ballantyne and William Laidlaw as amanuenses. He was able to take up the pen himself for the second half of the novel and completed it in early November.

"Ivanhoe", bearing the date 1820, was published by Archibald Constable in Edinburgh on 20 December 1819 and issued in London on the 29th. As with all of the Waverley novels before 1827 publication was anonymous. It is possible that Scott was involved in minor changes ...