Studies in the Novel, June 22nd, 1993
Walter Scott's 'Redgauntlet' is historical fiction that challenges the authenticity of history and the place of fiction in relation to it. Thomas Macaulay found Scott's appropriation of history problematic because he saw it as an intrusion into the historian's framework. Scott's reinterpretation of given history, his use of embedded personal narratives and his accent on personal interpretations of history link him with 20th-century analyses of history and its claims of objectivity.
"Sir Walter Scott . . . has used those fragments of truth which historians have scornfully thrown behind them in...
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