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Walter Scott and the Limits of Language /

Scott's startlingly contemporary approach to theories of language and the creative impact of this on his work are explored in this new study. Alison Lumsden examines the linguistic diversity and creative playfulness of Scott's fiction and suggests that an evolving scepticism towards the co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lumsden, Alison
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "Living in a world of death" : Scott's narrative poems
  • Speaking my language : Waverley, Guy Mannering and The Antiquary
  • "Dying words and last confessions" : The Heart of Mid-Lothian
  • Lost in translation : Ivanhoe, The Fortunes of Nigel and Peveril of the Peak
  • "Narrative continued" : Redgauntlet and Chronicles of the Canongate
  • Last words : Count Robert of Paris, Reliquiae Trotcosienses and Castle Dangerous.