The Shorter Fiction
Published on 15. April 2009
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-7486-0589-7 (ISBN)
Description
Scott wrote short stories throughout his career, some included within novels, others published separately in periodicals. This collection of the stories from periodicals extends from his earliest published fiction to his last and comprises pieces from The Edinburgh Annual Register (1811), The Sale-Room (1817), Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817-1818) and The Keepsake (1828-1831). Only three of these stories have been regularly reprinted; the other five are here made readily available for the first time. Publication in periodicals offered Scott new opportunities to explore the potential of the short story form and to demonstrate his enormous versatility as a writer of fiction.
Reviews / Votes
The Shorter Fiction, as with all the volumes of the EEWN, contains all the full texts based on the first published version, followed by an 'Essay on the Text' by the editors of the volume offering a detailed and comprehensive account of the genesis, composition, and editorial history of each work. It also includes an 'Emendation List' made to the first editions, comprehensive historical accounts, explanatory notes and a glossary. These supplementary materials will be indispensable to scholars and students alike. -- Deirdre A. Shepherd, University of Edinburgh * BARS Bulletin and Review * Reviving almost forgotten stories... the editors [...] invite us to share their vision of an energetically creative Scott whose imaginative works can still surprise and affect us. -- Regina Hewitt * Scottish Literary Review * Reviving almost forgotten stories [...] the editors invite us to share their vision of an energetically creative Scott whose imaginative works can still surprise and affect us. -- Regina Hewitt * Scottish Literary Review *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7486-0589-7 (9780748605897)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Walter Scott | Graham Tulloch | Judy King
Shorter Fiction
E-Book
05/2022
1st Edition
Edinburgh University Press
€0.00
Available for download
Persons
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. Graham Tulloch is Emeritus Professor of English at Flinders University and has published books and articles on Scottish language and literature. He has edited Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, Marcus Clarke's His Natural Life and Catherine Martin's An Australian Girl as well as co-editing several texts with Judy King. Judy King is a Research Fellow in English at Flinders University. With J. H. Alexander and Graham Tulloch she has edited Walter Scott's The Siege of Malta and Bizarro and, with Graham Tulloch, Scott's Shorter Fiction, Catherine Helen Spence's Tenacious of the Past and James Hogg's The Three Perils of Man. She has also published articles on Beowulf.
Content
Acknowledgements; Introduction; The Inferno of Altisidora; Christopher Corduroy; Alarming Increase of Depravity Among Animals; Phantasmagoria; My Aunt Margaret's Mirror; The Tapestried Chamber; Death of the Laird's Jock; A Highland Anecdote; Essay on the Text; Emendation List; End-of-line Hyphens; Historical Note; Explanatory Notes; Glossary.