Scott's novels and the counter-revolutionary politics of place / by Napton, Dani

Table of Contents: “…Compromised authority and confinement in the fortunes of Nigel and Woodstock -- Governance and agency in Woodstock and Peveril of the Peak -- Oppression, justice and monarchy in Peveril of the Peak and The Heart of Mid-Lothian -- Landscaping justice, rebellion and dynastic failure in the Heart of Mid-Lothian, Waverley and Redgauntlet -- The royal presence as locale: Rehabilitating the Stuart and Hanoverian Monarchies -- Conclusion: Homecoming, return and journey's end.…”

Modern romance and transformations of the novel : the Gothic, Scott, Dickens / by Duncan, Ian, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Porlogue: Fiction as fiction -- The culture of Gothic -- The romance of subjection : Scott's Waverley -- The suspension of belief: The end of the astrologer : Guy Mannering ; Against nature : The bride of Lammermoor ; Estate of grace : The heart of Mid-Lothian -- Scott and Dickens : the work of the author -- Scott and Dickens : the end of history.…”
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The fictions of romantic tourism : Radcliffe, Scott, and Mary Shelley / by Dekker, George

Table of Contents: “…The fictions of romantic tourism -- The fictionality of the romantic novel -- Radcliffe the tourist -- Radcliffe and the fictions of spiritual tourism -- Tourist transport in Waverley and The heart of mid-Lothian -- Scott the tourist : Guy Mannering and the Turner illustrations -- Mary Shelley and the fictions of companionable tourism -- Fictions of pilgrimage : Italy's "magical and memorable abodes".…”

Walter Scott and modernity / by Lincoln, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…Towards the Modern Nation: The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, The Lady of the Lake, and Waverley -- The Condition of England: Ivanhoe and Kenilworth -- Western Identities and the Orient: Guy Mannering and The Talisman -- Commerce, Civilisation, War, and the Highlands: Rob Roy and A Legend of the Wars of Montrose -- Liberal Dilemmas: Scott and Covenanting Tradition: The Tale of Old Mortality and The Heart of Mid-Lothian -- Liberal Dilemmas: Liberty or Alienation? …”
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Walter Scott and modernity / by Lincoln, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…Towards the Modern Nation: The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, The Lady of the Lake, and Waverley -- The Condition of England: Ivanhoe and Kenilworth -- Western Identities and the Orient: Guy Mannering and The Talisman -- Commerce, Civilisation, War, and the Highlands: Rob Roy and A Legend of the Wars of Montrose -- Liberal Dilemmas: Scott and Covenanting Tradition: The Tale of Old Mortality and The Heart of Mid-Lothian -- Liberal Dilemmas: Liberty or Alienation? …”
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Acts of modernity : the historical novel and effective communication, 1814-1901 / by Buchanan, David

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Meaning-making: a history of reading practices -- Heart of the matter: consequences of modernity in Clan Albin and Tales of My Landlord -- Nation of readers: chapbook versions of The Heart of Mid-Lothian -- How the West was one: historification from Waverly to The Pathfinder --Home and away: Leatherstocking reinvented in America and France -- "Spiders in a pot": harnessing juggernaut in Le pere Goriot -- Industrial productions: from editions populaires to a people's history -- Community lessons: Canadian tales of national progess -- History in action: dramatizations at Montreal, Paris, New York and London -- Conclusion: working the historical novel.…”