Selected Poems: Sir Walter Scott by Sir Walter Scott (2006, Perfect)

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Sir Walter Scott : Selected Poems, Paperback by Reed, James (EDT), ISBN 1857546989, ISBN-13 9781857546989, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Presents selections of Scott's love poems, songs from novels, landscape poems, and narrative poems.

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PublisherCarcanet Press, The Limited
ISBN-101857546989
ISBN-139781857546989
eBay Product ID (ePID)51823556

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Edition2
Book TitleSelected Poems: Sir Walter Scott
Number of Pages253 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicGeneral, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
IllustratorYes
GenrePoetry
AuthorSir Walter Scott
FormatPerfect

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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight13.6 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.8 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal821.7
SynopsisSir Walter Scott is the great poet of the Scottish people, yet he wrote at a time when Scottish culture and landscapes were changing rapidly under English pressure. Introducing this selection, James Reed sets Scott in context as both a European Romantic and a Scottish folk poet., This selection, which includes early love poems, songs from the novels, landscape poems from "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" and "The Lady of the Lake," and the complete narrative poems "William and Helen" and "Marmion," reveals Sir Walter Scott as a poet speaking for a people., This selection, which includes early love poems, songs from the novels, landscape poems from The Lay of the Last Minstrel and The Lady of the Lake , and the complete narrative poems "William and Helen" and "Marmion," reveals Sir Walter Scott as a poet speaking for a people., Sir Walter Scott is the great poet of the Scottish people, their history and land, yet he wrote at a time when Scottish culture and landscapes were changing rapidly under English pressure. Introducing this selection, James Reed, an authority on ballads and the Border tradition, sets Scott in context as both a European Romantic and a Scottish folk poet. He also illuminates the political and cultural context of his work. This selection, which includes early love poems, songs from the novels, landscape poems from "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" and "The Lady of the Lake", and the complete narrative poems "William and Helen" and "Marmion", reveals Scott as a poet who speaks for a people. The selection contains notes on the text, suggestions for further reading and a glossary.
LC Classification NumberPR5305

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