SOURCE: "Wandering Willie's Tale," in Variety of Attempt-British and American Fiction in the Early Nineteenth Century, University of Nebraska Press, 1976, pp. 49-60.
Below, Doubleday analyzes the narrative point of view and the function of the narrator in "Wandering Willie's Tale, " linking the historical sense conveyed by the story to Scott's use of "preternatural" material.
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