Autor: J. H. Alexander

First published in 1987, this book is written for those who are encountering Wordsworth for the first time and for those familiar with his works that are at a loss to understand his reputation or why …

First published in 1987, this book is written for those who are encountering Wordsworth for the first time and for those familiar with his works that are at a loss to understand his reputation or why …

Scott’s Books is an approachable introduction to the Waverley Novels. Drawing on substantial research in Scott’s intertextual sources, it offers a fresh approach to the existing readings where the th …

Scott’s Books is an approachable introduction to the Waverley Novels. Drawing on substantial research in Scott’s intertextual sources, it offers a fresh approach to the existing readings where the th …

Woodstock opens in farce, yet it is one of Scott’s darkest novels. It deals with revolution, to Scott the most disturbing of all subjects: ‘it appears that every step we made towards liberty, has but …

The second of Tales of the Crusaders, The Talisman is set in Palestine during the Third Crusade (1189 – 92). Scott constructs a story of chivalric action, apparently adopting a medieval romance view …

Set at the time of the Third Crusade (1189 – 92), The Betrothed is the first of Scott’s Tales of the Crusaders. The betrothed is Eveline, daughter of a Norman noble, who is a victim of the Crusade in …

Castle Dangerous is the realisation of a thirty-year old project of Scott’s to retell a story found in Barbour’s Brus. Set in the early fourteenth century during the Scottish Wars of Independence, an …

Count Robert of Paris, condemned by Scott’s printer as ‘altogether a failure’, was later prepared for publication by his son-in-law, J. G. Lockhart , and his publisher Robert Cadell. What appeared wa …

The most haunting and Shakespearean of Scott’s novels, The Bride of Lammermoor is a fast-paced tragedy set on the eve of the 1707 Union. The proud young Master of Ravenswood sees his estate pass to t …

Anne of Geierstein (1829) is set in Central Europe in the fifteenth century, but it is a remarkably modern novel, for the central issues are the political instability and violence that arise from the …

In his ever-popular romance of Tudor England, Scott brilliantly recreates all the passion, brutality, verve and vitality of the Elizabethan world. Only two of his novels end tragically – Kenilworth e …

Quentin Durward is a young Scotsman seeking fame and fortune in the France of Louis XI in the fifteenth century. He knows little and understands less, but Scott represents his ignorance and naivete a …

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, the second volume of the new Oxford Edition of Charles Dickens, is Dickens’s third novel, originally published in monthly parts between March 1838 and Se …

Between 1829 and 1833 the first complete edition of Scott’s fiction appeared, in 48 volumes issued one a month, each illustrated with two engravings, and with introductions and notes by Scott himself …

The Siege of Malta is one of Scott’s most moving works. The story of the Siege itself is remarkable, with its combination of individual defeat and group survival against overwhelming odds. It had bee …

Against the background of Montrose’s campaign of 1644-5, this spirited novel centres on one of Scott’s most memorable creations – Sir Dugald Dalgetty of Drumthwacket. This hard-headed Aberdonian cont …

Between 1829 and 1833 the first complete edition of Scott’s fiction appeared, in 48 volumes issued one a month, each illustrated with two engravings, and with introductions and notes by Scott himself …