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Books Received, John T. Knox, Patrick G. Scott
Books Received, John T. Knox, Patrick G. Scott
Studies in Scottish Literature
Publication details and short descriptions of over thirty recently-published books in Scottish literature and related fields.
The Ssl Symposium On Editing: A Commentary, Ian Duncan
The Ssl Symposium On Editing: A Commentary, Ian Duncan
Studies in Scottish Literature
Reviews and comments on the preceding essays in the SSL Symposium on Editing Scottish Literary Texts, setting them in the wider context of critical discussion, responding to some of the earlier comments comparing the recent collected editions of Walter Scott and James Hogg, and arguing that the "authentically democratic" work of making a fuller range of Scottish literary texts available moves critical discussion forward from the "tedious zero-sum game" of debating a static canon.
Sir Walter Scott And John Clare: An Unpublished Letter, Ian D. Kane
Sir Walter Scott And John Clare: An Unpublished Letter, Ian D. Kane
Studies in Scottish Literature
Reports an autograph letter written by Walter Scott, now in the G. Ross Roy Collection at the University of South Carolina, dated May 31, 1820, and sent to Captain Markham Shirwill, responding to Shirwill's request that Scott foster Clare's writing career; along with a transcription and illustration of the letter, the note discusses what was previously known about this incident and its context based on the letters of Clare.
Textual Messages: Scholarly Editions And Their Role In Literary Criticism, Alison Lumsden
Textual Messages: Scholarly Editions And Their Role In Literary Criticism, Alison Lumsden
Studies in Scottish Literature
Discusses the editing of Scottish literary texts, specifically recent editions of Walter Scott and James Hogg, and argues that textual investigation is not simply technical and preliminary but an integral part of literary criticism.
Deficiencies: Mental Disability And The Imagination In Scott's Waverley Novels, Colin Carman
Deficiencies: Mental Disability And The Imagination In Scott's Waverley Novels, Colin Carman
Studies in Scottish Literature
Argues that Walter Scott's novels, especially Waverley and The Heart of Midlothian, represent a shift in Anglo-scottish attitudes towards the mentally ill, and that mental disability, operating in Scott's novels under the guises of idiocy and insanity, was integral to Scott’s articulations of the romantic imagination.