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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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Waverley is an 1814 historical novel by Sir Walter Scott. Initially published anonymously in 1814 as Scott's first venture into prose fiction, Waverley is often regarded as the first historical novel. The novel became so popular that Scott's later...
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 Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal Mansfield Park and the 1814 novels: Waverley, The Wanderer, Patronage.
01/01/2006: 4,515 words, approx. 15 pages WHEN JANE AUSTEN'S "PROBLEM" NOVEL, Mansfield Park, appeared in 1814, a generation-long war had (it was assumed) finally ended. European society, riven by twenty-five years of revolution, war, and political and cultural transformation, hoped for stability and restoration, yet the changes wrought by time... summary from source:
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3/20/2005: 1,033 words, approx. 3 pagesAma, on the western tip of Soho, is nothing like the Old World Italian restaurants that have dominated this neighborhood for decades. It seems like Ama has landed here almost from another planet: On a recent visit, a stylish Upper East Side crowd packed into...
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 Critical Essay by Saree Makdisi
15,341 words, approx. 51 pages
In the following essay, Makdisi explores the mythic geography of the Scottish Highlands in Waverley and the related temporal and spatial conflicts between England and this imagined Scotland. The critic closes by suggesting that Scott's novel contains an implied justification of Highland subjugation by the British.
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Critical Essay by Paul Hamilton
10,990 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, Hamilton assesses Scott's writing in Waverley as historicist, while illuminating Scott's ironic treatment of romanticism and his philosophical distance from revolutionary ideology in the work.
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Critical Essay by Joseph Valente
10,496 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Valente probes Scott's conception of history in Waverley, emphasizing the symbolic and thematic dialectic of romance and history illustrated by opposing characters and geographical locations in the novel.
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