UID:
almafu_9959237083802883
Format:
1 online resource (281 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-8131-6384-6
Content:
While the influence of Shakespeare on Sir Walter Scott has long been recognized, the importance of medieval literature in shaping his creative imagination has never before been examined in depth. Jerome Mitchell's new book fills this significant gap through a wide-ranging study of Scott's indebtedness to Chaucer and to medieval romance, especially the Middle English romances, for story-patterns, motifs, character types, style and structure, and detail.Mitchell establishes more completely and accurately than any previous critic the extent of Scott's knowledge of medieval literature. His examina
Note:
Includes index.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Scott's Knowledge of Medieval Literature; 2. The Narrative Poetry; 3. The Early Novels, 1814-1816; 4. Novels of the Broken Years, 1817-1819; 5. Novels of the High-Noon Period, 1820-1825; 6. Novels of the Dark Days and Servitude, 1826-1832; 7. Style and Structure in the Waverley Novels; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-60275-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8131-5369-7
Language:
English
Keywords:
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