Woodstock

Sir Walter Scott

ISBN 10: 0748605835 / ISBN 13: 9780748605835

Edité par Edinburgh University Press, 2009

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A new edition of Woodstock based on the first edition but emended in the light of readings in the manuscript and proofs that were misread. Editor(s): Inglis, Tony; Alexander, J. H.; Hewitt, David; Lumsden, Alison. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 670 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 220 x 40. Weight in Grams: 922. . 2001. Hardcover. . . . .

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Woodstock
• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date de parution: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0748605835
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780748605835
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

Woodstock opens in farce, yet it is one of Scott's darkest novels. It deals with revolution, to Scott the most disturbing of all subjects: 'it appears that every step we made towards liberty, has but brought us in view of more terrific perils'. Written during the financial crisis which led to his insolvency in January 1826, the novel, Scott feared, 'would not stand the test'. Yet it does: it is set in England in 1651 as Parliamentary forces hunt the fugitive Charles Stewart who days previously had been defeated at Worcester. In the superb portrait of Cromwell we see a self-torturing despot who attempts to be in full control in the name of religion; in the rakish Charles we see a man without self-reflection whose own libertarianism after his restoration to the English throne in 1660 permitted a great burgeoning in scientific enquiry and the arts. This edition of Woodstock is based on the first, but emended in the light of readings in the manuscript and proofs that were misread, and at times deliberately suppressed, as Scott's own hand-written words were turned into a printed book.

À propos de l?auteur

Tony Inglis is a retired Senior Lecturer in English, the University of Sussex. J.H. Alexander is Reader Emeritus in English at the University of Aberdeen. David Hewitt is Regius Chalmers Professor of English Literature at the University of Aberdeen and Editor-in-chief of the Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Alison Lumsden is Senior Lecturer, Department of English Literature at the University of Aberdeen.