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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: |
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 Biography of Walter Scott, Sir
921 words, approx. 3 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... summary from source:
Biography of Walter Scott, Sir
8,558 words, approx. 29 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"... 
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 Walter Scott Quotes
3,156 words, approx. 11 pages
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet ( August 14 , 1771 – September 21 , 1832 ) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805) 1.2 Marmion (1808) 1.3...
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 Scott, Sir Walter, 1st Baronet
213 words, approx. 1 pages(born Aug. 15, 1771, Edinburgh, Scot.—died Sept. 21, 1832, Abbotsford, Roxburgh) Scottish writer, often considered both the inventor and the greatest practitioner of the historical novel. From childhood Scott was familiar with stories of the... summary from source:
 Sir Walter Scott - (1771 - 1832) Summary
21,836 words, approx. 73 pagesSir Walter Scott - (1771 - 1832) (Also wrote under the pseudonym Jedediah Cleishbotham) Scottish novelist, poet, short story writer, biographer, historian, critic, and editor. An immensely popular writer of both poetry and fiction during his lifetime,... summary from source:
 Walter Scott Information
3,389 words, approx. 11 pages
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe during his time. In some ways Scott was the first author to have a truly international career in his...
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 Monarch Notes Works of Sir Walter Scott: Critical Commentary
01/01/1963: 3,035 words, approx. 10 pages Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Critical Commentary The problem in Scott criticism is to explain the decline of the fame and critical reputation of the Waverley Novels since the highwater mark during the nineteenth century. Once Scott was regarded as the greatest English novelist-above Fielding, Jane... summary from source:
Accounting Historians Journal The personal account books of Sir Walter Scott.
12/01/2002: 11,949 words, approx. 40 pages Abstract: This study examines the personal account books of Sir Walter Scott, the world-renowned Scottish author, a topic not explored before by Scott scholars or accounting historians. It sets the account books in the context of Scott's accounting education and experience, which took... summary from source:
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12/5/2007: 365 words, approx. 1 pagesPresident Bush, on a Midwestern trip to raise Republican cash, stopped by a health clinic Wednesday long enough to tout the benefits of community help for the poor.The main purpose of Bush's travels was a fundraiser for his former agriculture secretary, Mike Johanns, a Senate... summary from source:
AP Features Bush raises money for GOP, touts community health centers
12/5/2007: 365 words, approx. 1 pagesPresident Bush, on a Midwestern trip to raise Republican cash, stopped by a health clinic Wednesday long enough to tout the benefits of community help for the poor.The main purpose of Bush's travels was a fundraiser for his former agriculture secretary, Mike Johanns, a Senate...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Nancy Moore Goslee
9,526 words, approx. 32 pages
An American educator and critic, Goslee is the author of a study about Scott's poetry, Scott the Rhymer (1988). In the following essay, she contends that while most of the female characters in Scott's narrative poems are cast in narrow roles, a few of his women undermine gender stereotypes.
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Critical Essay by Christopher Johnson
7,767 words, approx. 26 pages
Below, Johnson detects a preoccupation with pugilism in "The Two Drovers, " showing the relevance of eighteenth-century pugilism to the narrative and suggesting that the story may in part satirize topical debates and controversies surrounding the acceptibility of pugilism.
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Lecture by Claire Lamont
6,956 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following lecture, delivered in 1975, Lamont studies the function, characteristics, and effectiveness of verse passages within Scott's early Waverly novels.
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