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Critical Essays on Sir Walter Scott: The Waverley Novels
Contributor(s): Shaw, Harry E. (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0783800053     ISBN-13: 9780783800059
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
OUR PRICE: $95.55  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: November 1996
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Annotation: The full range of literary traditions comes to life in the Twayne Critical Essays Series. Volume editors have carefully selected critical essays that represent the full spectrum of controversies, trends and methodologies relating to each author's work. Essays include writings from the author's native country and abroad, with interpretations from the time they were writing, through the present day.

Each volume includes:

-- An introduction providing the reader with a lucid overview of criticism from its beginnings -- illuminating controversies, evaluating approaches and sorting out the schools of thought

-- The most influential reviews and the best reprinted scholarly essays

-- A section devoted exclusively to reviews and reactions by the subject's contemporaries

-- Original essays, new translations and revisions commissioned especially for the series

-- Previously unpublished materials such as interviews, lost letters and manuscript fragments

-- A bibliography of the subject's writings and interviews

-- A name and subject index

Click for more in this series: Twayne's Critical Essays on British Literature
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literary Criticism | American - African American
Dewey: 823.7
LCCN: 96034274
Series: Twayne's Critical Essays on British Literature
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.32" W x 9.47" L (1.08 lbs) 222 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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Publisher Description:

Essays address the Waverly novels of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), which were, in their time, among the most popular and widely read novels in Europe.
 
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