Walter Scott and Contemporary Theory
Bloomsbury Academic · Hardcover · April 11, 2013
A bestselling author in his own time and long after, Sir Walter Scott was not only a writer of thrilling tales of romance and adventure but also an insightful historical thinker and literary craftsman.
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- Who it’s for
- Scott's novels meet contemporary theory in a reciprocal critical reading.
- Genres
- British & Irish Literary Criticism, Literary Theory, 19th-Century Literary Criticism
- Published
- Bloomsbury Academic, April 11, 2013
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A bestselling author in his own time and long after, Sir Walter Scott was not only a writer of thrilling tales of romance and adventure but also an insightful historical thinker and literary craftsman.
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Over the last two decades, scholars have come to see him as an important figure in Romantic-period literature, Scottish literature and the development of the historical novel.Walter Scott and Contemporary Theorybuilds on this renewed appreciation of Scott's importance by viewing his most significant novels - fromWaverleyandRob RoytoIvanhoe,Redgauntlet,and beyond - through the lens of contemporary critical theory. By juxtaposing pairings of Scott's early and later novels with major contemporary theoretical concepts and the work of such thinkers as Alain Badiou, Judith Butler, Jacques Derrida and Slavoj Zizek, this book uses theory to illuminate the complexities of Scott's fictions, while simultaneously using Scott's fictions to explain and explore the state of contemporary theory.
Scott Through Theory
Scott's novels meet contemporary theory in a reciprocal critical reading.
Come here for
- Pairings of Scott's early and later novels with theoretical concepts
- Scott alongside Badiou, Butler, Derrida, and Žižek
Expect
- Readings of Waverley, Rob Roy, Ivanhoe, and Redgauntlet
- Scott's fiction used to explore contemporary theory
Where it sits
| British & Irish Literary Criticism | 73% |
|---|---|
| 19th-Century Literary Criticism | 71% |
| Literary Theory | 52% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Creative Writing
- Authors
- Evan Gottlieb
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Published
- April 11, 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- Creative Writing