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Poetry from the Waverley Novels and Other Works (The Edinburgh Edition of Walter Scott's Poetry)
1399522655 pdf This scholarly edition offers the first reliably identified collection of Walter Scotts original poetry in the Waverley Novels, the letters and the Journal. Past editors of Scott found it hard to recognise what is and is not quotation but thanks to modern databases the poems in this volume have been identified as almost certainly his own. This collection demonstrates, again, Scotts brilliant versatility in the handling of verse forms and his extraordinary range of voice. The poetry of the Waverley Novels is often dramatic, being uttered or sung by one of the characters mottoes at the heads of chapters stand in a critical relationship to the narrative the poetry of the letters and Journal is often quizzical and self-mocking and there are many superb parodies. Read more