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The Heart of Midlothian by Walter Scott | |
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Walter Scott, Sir | | Birth Date: |
August 15, 1771 | | Death Date: |
September 21, 1832 | | Place of Birth: |
Edinburgh, Scotland | | Place of Death: |
Abbotsford, Scotland | | Nationality: |
Scottish | | Gender: |
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 Biography of Walter Scott, Sir
921 words, approx. 3.1 pages
 The Scottish novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is the acknowledged master of the historical novel. He was one of the most influential authors of modern times. Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh on August 15, 1771, the son of a lawyer with a... summary from source:
Biography of Walter Scott, Sir
8558 words, approx. 28.5 pages
 Walter Scott was the most influential novelist in world literature. Relying on his capacious memory and drawing on medieval and Renaissance verse romance, his eighteenth-century forerunners in the novel, contemporary women writers of "national tales" and...
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613 words, approx. 2 pages
The Heart of Midlothian is the seventh of Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley Novels, and by many considered the finest. It was originally published in four volumes on 25 July 1818, under the title of Tales of My Landlord, 2nd series, and the author was given...
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 Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 Home and Nation in The Heart of Midlothian.
09/22/2000: 6,421 words, approx. 21 pages Readers of The Heart of Midlothian--particularly those who read Walter Scott as a historical novelist--are often troubled by its fourth volume, with its quotidian worries about bridal trousseaux, cheese recipes, and house payments, and its apparent retreat from the political purposes that dominate the... summary from source:
Criticism 'The Heart of Midlothian' and the masculinization of fiction.
09/22/1994: 8,312 words, approx. 28 pages Sir Walter Scott's novel 'The Heart of Midlothian' responds to the belief that novels effeminize readers by actively masculinizing the text. One technique the novel uses is to frame the story with a lawyer secretly reading novels, contrasting the male law with the female...
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The Heart of Midlothian by Walter Scott | |
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About 367 pages (110,032 words) in 5 products |
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