Introductions and Notes from the Magnum Opus

Ivanhoe to Castle Dangerous

AvWalter Scott,J. H. Alexander

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Between 1829 and 1833 the first complete edition of Scott's fiction appeared, in 48 volumes issued one a month, each illustrated with two engravings, and with introductions and notes by Scott himself. The Magnum Opus, as it was familiarly called, was a project which aimed to reduce the enormous debt of over £126,000 which landed on Scott during the financial crisis of 1825-26, but it was much more than an exercise in book-making. Scott's introductions are semi-autobiographical essays in which he muses on his own art and the circumstances which gave rise to each of his works of fiction. His notes illustrate his text, sometimes with simple glosses, sometimes by quotations from historical sources, but most strikingly with further narratives which parallel rather than explain incidents and situations in the fiction.These volumes constitute the first systematic representation of Scott's contributions to his last great edition, the edition which defined the final shape of Scott's fiction for the nineteenth century. They conclude the publication of the Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels, and as they include addenda and corrigenda covering the whole 28 volumes of Scott's fiction in the EEWN, they are an indispensable conclusion to the set. But above all they illustrate the parabolic imagination of the man who made the historical novel an intellectual force.

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-10-30
Mått:138 x 216 x 47 mm
Vikt:1 062 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels
Antal sidor:776
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9780748614912

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Sir Walter Scott, was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet. Many of his works remain classics and include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor. J. H. Alexander is Reader Emeritus in English at the University of Aberdeen.

Innehållsförteckning

IVANHOE; Editorial Note and Engravings; Introduction; Not s e; THE MONASTERY; Editorial Note and Engravings; Introduction; Not s e; THE ABBOT; Editorial Note and Engravings; Introduction; Not s e; KENILWORTH; Editorial Note, Engravings and Plan; Introduction; Not s e; THE PIRATE; Editorial Note and Engravings; Introduction; Not s e; THE FORTUNES OF NIGEL; Editorial Note and Engravings; Introduction; Not s e; PEVERIL OF THE PEAK; Editorial Note and Engravings; Introduction; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Not s e; QUENTIN DURWARD; Editorial Note and Engravings; Introduction; Not s e; SAINT RONAN’S WELL; Editorial Note and Engravings; Introduction; Not s e; REDGAUNTLET; Editorial Note and Engravings; Introduction; Not s e; THE BETROTHED; Editorial Note and Engravings; Introduction; Not s e; THE TALISMAN; Editorial Note and Engravings; Introduction; Not s e; WOODSTOCK; Editorial Note and Engravings; Introduction; Appendix I: The Woodstock Scuffle; Appendix II: The Just Devil of Woodstock; Not s e; CHRONICLES OF THE CANONGATE; Editorial Note and Engravings; Introduction; Appendix: Theatrical Fund Dinner; Introduction to the Surgeon’s Daughter; Appendix; Original Introduction; Not s e; THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH; Editorial Note and Engravings; Preface; Original Introduction; Not s e; ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN; Editorial Note and Engravings; Introduction; Not s e; COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS; Editorial Note and Engravings; CASTLE DANGEROUS; Editorial Note and Engravings; Introduction; Appendix I; Appendix II; Not s e; THE SHORTER FICTION; Editorial Note; Introductions; Emendation List; End-of-line Hyphens; Explanatory Notes; Addenda and Corrigenda.