Scottish Women's Writing in the Long Nineteenth Century: The Romance of Everyday Life

by Juliet Shields

Walter Scott's tales of chivalry and adventure inaugurated a masculinized Scottish romance tradition that celebrated a sublime and heroic version of Scotland. Nineteenth-century Scotswomen responded to Scott's influence by establishing a counter-tradition of unromantic or even anti-romantic representations of Scotland. Their novels challenged the long-standing claim that Scotland lacked any equivalent to the English realist novel. In turning from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108999816
• ISBN13: 9781108999816
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"