
Walter Scott and Short Fiction
Daniel Cook(Author)
Edinburgh University Press
Published on 25. January 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-4744-8714-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book is the first extensive study of seventeen works of short fiction by one of Scotland's most influential writers of all time. It examines the author's only collection of short stories, Chronicles of the Canongate, periodical and gift-book pieces, and interpolated tales that appeared in the novels.
Through careful readings of, amongst others, the Highland stories ('The Highland Widow' and 'The Two Drovers'), his Indian novella (The Surgeon's Daughter), Gothic keepsakes ('My Aunt Margaret's Mirror' and 'The Tapestried Chamber'), and his Calabrian tale Bizarro, this book offers new insights into the production and consumption of short stories, novellas, tales, sketches and other forms of fiction in the early nineteenth century and beyond.
Through careful readings of, amongst others, the Highland stories ('The Highland Widow' and 'The Two Drovers'), his Indian novella (The Surgeon's Daughter), Gothic keepsakes ('My Aunt Margaret's Mirror' and 'The Tapestried Chamber'), and his Calabrian tale Bizarro, this book offers new insights into the production and consumption of short stories, novellas, tales, sketches and other forms of fiction in the early nineteenth century and beyond.
Reviews / Votes
Scott's shorter fiction has been seriously neglected. This is the first book-length study to explore its significance and development. By situating Scott's work in the shorter form in the context of a much wider engagement with the short story in Scotland, Cook also widens our understanding of this important genre and its origins. This study is particularly welcomed as we celebrate Scott 250 and re-assess our understanding of Scott and his legacies in so many different ways. -- Alison Lumsden, University of AberdeenMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
299 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-8714-6 (9781474487146)
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Walter Scott and Short Fiction
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Walter Scott and Short Fiction
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Person
Daniel Cook is a Reader in Eighteenth-Century Literature and Associate Director of the Centre for Scottish Culture at the University of Dundee. He is the author of Thomas Chatterton and Neglected Genius, 1760-1830 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) and Reading Swift's Poetry (Cambridge University Press, 2020). He has edited essay collections including The Afterlives of Eighteenth-Century Fiction (Cambridge University Press, 2015; pb 2018) and a forthcoming anthology in the Oxford World's Classics series titled Scottish Literature, 1730-1830.
Content
AcknowledgementsIntroduction
Scott and Shorter FictionWandering Tales The Highland StoriesAn Indian NovellaGothic KeepsakesFantastic and Bizarro
Afterword The Modern Scottish Short StoryNotesBibliographyIndex
Scott and Shorter FictionWandering Tales The Highland StoriesAn Indian NovellaGothic KeepsakesFantastic and Bizarro
Afterword The Modern Scottish Short StoryNotesBibliographyIndex