Walter Scott and ModernityEdinburgh University Press, 2007 - 250 páginas Walter Scott and Modernity argues that, far from turning away from modernity to indulge a nostalgic vision of the past, Scott uses the past as means of exploring key problems in the modern world. This study includes critical introductions to some of the most widely read poems published in nineteenth-century Britain (which are also the most scandalously neglected), and insights into the narrative strategies and ideological interests of some of Scott's greatest novels. It explores the impact of the French revolution on attitudes to tradition, national heritage, historical change and modernity in the romantic period, considers how the experience of empire influenced ideas about civilized identity, and how ideas of progress could be used both to rationalise the violence of empire and to counteract demands for political reform. It also shows how current issues of debate - from relations between Western and Islamic cultures, to the political significance of the private conscience in a liberal society - are anticipated in the romantic era. Key Features* Explains the historical, political and aesthetic significance of Scott's 'Tory scepticism'* Considers the relationship between Scott's interests and twentieth-first-century debates about nation, empire, community, identity and state legitimacy* Includes detailed analyses of three of Scott's most influential poems* Offers detailed, and carefully historicised interpretations in an accessible style |
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... rebellion'.4 49 Part of the sensational effect of Waverley arose from Scott's decision to focus not on ancient struggles ( as Jane Porter did in her historical novel about William Wallace , The Scottish Chiefs , 1810 ) , but on a rel ...
... rebellion'.4 49 Part of the sensational effect of Waverley arose from Scott's decision to focus not on ancient struggles ( as Jane Porter did in her historical novel about William Wallace , The Scottish Chiefs , 1810 ) , but on a rel ...
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... rebellion must appear to transcend self - interest , to be universal and egalitarian , encom- passing the interests of , for example , the uneducated ploughman Cuddie . Morton's journey towards rebellion therefore has to be repre ...
... rebellion must appear to transcend self - interest , to be universal and egalitarian , encom- passing the interests of , for example , the uneducated ploughman Cuddie . Morton's journey towards rebellion therefore has to be repre ...
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... rebellion . In Anon . , The Protestant Martyrs , Monmouth is interrogated on the scaffold in a vain attempt to acknow- ledge the doctrine of non - resistance , pp . 7-9 . In James Bent's The Bloody Assizes , Henry Boddy undergoes a ...
... rebellion . In Anon . , The Protestant Martyrs , Monmouth is interrogated on the scaffold in a vain attempt to acknow- ledge the doctrine of non - resistance , pp . 7-9 . In James Bent's The Bloody Assizes , Henry Boddy undergoes a ...
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