SOURCE: "Scott, the Short Story, and History: 'The Two Drovers'," in Studies in Scottish Literature, Vol. XXI, 1986, pp. 210-25.
In the essay below, Overton explores the implications of the "historical short story" as a genre through a close reading of "The Two Drovers, " summarizing the principal points of criticism of the story and relating them to the historical development of the English short story form.
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