Walter Scott and Short Fiction

by Daniel Cook

Book Overview

This book is the first extensive study of seventeen works of short fiction by one of Scotland's most influential writers of all time. It examines the author's only collection of short stories, Chronicles of the Canongate, periodical and gift-book pieces, and interpolated tales that appeared in the novels.
Through careful readings of, amongst others, the Highland stories ('The Highland Widow' and 'The Two Drovers'), his Indian novella...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474487149
• ISBN13: 9781474487146
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"