Walter Scott

Biographic Data

ID3598292
NAMEWalter Scott
GIVEN NAMESWalter
FAMILY NAMEScott
SIGNATURESCOTT W
AFFILIATIONSSem registro de afiliação
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS41
TOTAL CITATIONS14
AUTHOR COUNT40
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1829
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX3

  • Introductions and Notes from the Magnum Opus: Waverley to a Legend of the Wars of Montrose

    Walter Scott, J H AlexanderBOOKIntroductions and Notes from the…2022

  • Walter Scott, Shorter Poems

    Walter Scott, P D Garside et al.BOOKWalter Scott, Shorter Poems2020

    A thorough re-evaluation of Scott’s output as a writer of short poems Includes poems not in the standard edition of Scott’s collected poems or not previously printed anywhere Based on new archival research Provides critically edited texts Supplies extensive annotation This fully annotated scholarly edition, based on new archival research, comprises 134 poems, several of which went unpublished, and all of which have been expertly re-edited from ea…

  • Waverley

    Walter Scott, Katie Sutherland et al.BOOKWaverley2015

    ‘The most romantic parts of this narrative are precisely those which have a foundation in fact.’ Edward Waverley, a young English soldier in the Hanoverian army, is sent to Scotland where he finds himself caught up in events that quickly transform from the stuff of romance into nightmare. His character is fashioned through his experience of the Jacobite rising of 1745-6, the last civil war fought on British soil and the unsuccessful attempt to re…

  • The Journal of Sir Walter Scott: From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford

    Open AccessWalter Scott, David DouglasBOOKJournal of Sir Walter Scott :…2013

    By the close of the nineteenth century, the works of Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) could be found on the bookshelves of every respectable Victorian. Public interest was such that, nearly sixty years after his death, there remained considerable demand for new insights into the man and his milieu. First published in 1890, his two-volume journal for the period 1825–32 immediately attracted press attention. One review observed that 'it shows us the ma…

  • The Journal of Sir Walter Scott: From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford

    Open AccessWalter Scott, David DouglasBOOKJournal of Sir Walter Scott :…2013

    By the close of the nineteenth century, the works of Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) could be found on the bookshelves of every respectable Victorian. Public interest was such that, nearly sixty years after his death, there remained considerable demand for new insights into the man and his milieu. First published in 1890, his two-volume journal for the period 1825–32 immediately attracted press attention. One review observed that 'it shows us the ma…

  • Memoirs of John Dryden

    Open AccessWalter Scott, Sir Walter ScottBOOKMemoirs of John Dryden2013

    Upon the restoration of Charles II, theatre burst back into popularity across the stages of England. For the first time since the rise of Cromwell, it was possible to make a living from writing verse, and the theatres attracted poets in their dozens. One of them was the young John Dryden (1631–1700). In this sprightly 1826 biography, reissued here in one volume, Walter Scott (1771–1832) brings Dryden's work, philosophy and historical context vivi…

  • The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland: Comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and Other Vestiges of Former Ages, Accompanied by Descriptions

    Open AccessWalter ScottBOOKBorder Antiquities of England and…2012

    The work of the poet and novelist Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) frequently reflected his interest in Scottish history, and he is regarded as having written some of the most influential historical fiction of the nineteenth century. His literary works include the poem The Lady of the Lake and the novels Waverley and Ivanhoe. Originally published in two volumes in 1814–17, this one-volume reissue is a work of non-fiction that illuminates Border histo…

  • Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft: Addressed to J. G. Lockhart

    Walter Scott, Sir Walter ScottBOOKLetters on Demonology and…2011

  • Memoirs of the Marchioness de la Rochejaquelein

    Marie-Louise-Victoire Marquise de La Rochejaquelein, Sir Walter Scott et al.BOOKMemoirs of the Marchioness de la…2011

  • The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution

    Open AccessWalter ScottBOOKLife of Napoleon Buonaparte,…2010

    Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) was a prolific Scottish poet and historical novelist who was one of the most popular romantic novelists of the nineteenth century. After studying law at Edinburgh University, Scott first started writing at the age of 25. Having made his name as a poet, he wrote the phenomenally successful novel Waverley in 1814 and was made a baronet in 1820. These volumes, first published in 1827, contain Scott's detailed biography o…

  • The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution

    Open AccessWalter ScottBOOKLife of Napoleon Buonaparte,…2010

    Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) was a prolific Scottish poet and historical novelist who was one of the most popular romantic novelists of the nineteenth century. After studying law at Edinburgh University, Scott first started writing at the age of 25. Having made his name as a poet, he wrote the phenomenally successful novel Waverley in 1814 and was made a baronet in 1820. These volumes, first published in 1827, contain Scott's detailed biography o…

  • The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution

    Open AccessWalter ScottBOOKLife of Napoleon Buonaparte,…2010

    Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) was a prolific Scottish poet and historical novelist who was one of the most popular romantic novelists of the nineteenth century. After studying law at Edinburgh University, Scott first started writing at the age of 25. Having made his name as a poet, he wrote the phenomenally successful novel Waverley in 1814 and was made a baronet in 1820. These volumes, first published in 1827, contain Scott's detailed biography o…

  • The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution

    Open AccessWalter ScottBOOKLife of Napoleon Buonaparte,…2010

    Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) was a prolific Scottish poet and historical novelist who was one of the most popular romantic novelists of the nineteenth century. After studying law at Edinburgh University, Scott first started writing at the age of 25. Having made his name as a poet, he wrote the phenomenally successful novel Waverley in 1814 and was made a baronet in 1820. These volumes, first published in 1827, contain Scott's detailed biography o…

  • The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution

    Open AccessWalter ScottBOOKLife of Napoleon Buonaparte,…2010

    Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) was a prolific Scottish poet and historical novelist who was one of the most popular romantic novelists of the nineteenth century. After studying law at Edinburgh University, Scott first started writing at the age of 25. Having made his name as a poet, he wrote the phenomenally successful novel Waverley in 1814 and was made a baronet in 1820. These volumes, first published in 1827, contain Scott's detailed biography o…

  • The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution

    Open AccessWalter ScottBOOKLife of Napoleon Buonaparte,…2010

    Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) was a prolific Scottish poet and historical novelist who was one of the most popular romantic novelists of the nineteenth century. After studying law at Edinburgh University, Scott first started writing at the age of 25. Having made his name as a poet, he wrote the phenomenally successful novel Waverley in 1814 and was made a baronet in 1820. These volumes, first published in 1827, contain Scott's detailed biography o…

  • The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution

    Open AccessWalter ScottBOOKLife of Napoleon Buonaparte,…2010

    Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) was a prolific Scottish poet and historical novelist who was one of the most popular romantic novelists of the nineteenth century. After studying law at Edinburgh University, Scott first started writing at the age of 25. Having made his name as a poet, he wrote the phenomenally successful novel Waverley in 1814 and was made a baronet in 1820. These volumes, first published in 1827, contain Scott's detailed biography o…

  • The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution

    Open AccessWalter ScottBOOKLife of Napoleon Buonaparte,…2010

    Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) was a prolific Scottish poet and historical novelist who was one of the most popular romantic novelists of the nineteenth century. After studying law at Edinburgh University, Scott first started writing at the age of 25. Having made his name as a poet, he wrote the phenomenally successful novel Waverley in 1814 and was made a baronet in 1820. These volumes, first published in 1827, contain Scott's detailed biography o…

  • The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution

    Open AccessWalter ScottBOOKLife of Napoleon Buonaparte,…2010

    Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) was a prolific Scottish poet and historical novelist who was one of the most popular romantic novelists of the nineteenth century. After studying law at Edinburgh University, Scott first started writing at the age of 25. Having made his name as a poet, he wrote the phenomenally successful novel Waverley in 1814 and was made a baronet in 1820. These volumes, first published in 1827, contain Scott's detailed biography o…

  • Old mortality

    Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott et al.BOOKOld mortality2009

  • Walter Scott: The Siege of Malta and Bizarro

    Open AccessWalter Scott, J H Alexander et al.BOOKThe Siege Of Malta And Bizarro2008

    "Walter Scott: The Siege of Malta and Bizarro" published on by Edinburgh University Press.

  • Walter Scott The Siege of Malta and Bizarro

    Open AccessWalter Scott, J H Alexander et al.BOOKThe Siege Of Malta And Bizarro2008

    The Siege of Malta and Bizarro are Scott's final works, written in Malta and Italy at the end of 1831 and the beginning of 1832. Although extracts from The Siege of Malta have been published, this is the first complete edition. Bizarro has not been available in print until now. The Siege of Malta begins as a novel but ends as a historical account of the extraordinary defence of Malta by the Order of St John of Jerusalem and their Maltese helpers …

  • The heart of Midlothian

    Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott et al.BOOKThe heart of Midlothian2008

  • Rob Roy

    Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott et al.BOOKRob Roy2008

  • Chapter XVII

    Walter ScottCHAPTERThe heart of Midlothian2008

    When the man of office returned to the Heart of Mid-Lothian, he resumed his conference with Ratcliffe,...

  • Chapter XVIII

    Walter ScottCHAPTERRob Roy2008

    And hurry, hurry, off they rode, As fast as fast might be; Hurra, hurra, the dead can ride, Dost fear to ride with me? Burgher * There is one advantage in an accumulation of evils, differing in cause and character, that the distraction which...