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Sir Walter Scott
Was born on 1771 in Edinburgh’s old town
ScotlandThe capital city
The essence of North
The Athens of North
The old reeky
Scott’s Early Life
His father Writer to the Signet(an attorney)
They thought of Walter Following his father
When 18 months old contracted polio
Got a withered leg Books, his recreation
Attended Edinburgh Univ. Home of Englightenment
Edinburgh’s University
• In The past: • Right now:
Scotland Map
Back then: Right now:
Kilts
Tartans
Monarch George IV
Mel Gibson
Brave Heart
Marital Life
Secured sinecures in Scottish legal system
Married to the illegitimate daughter of a prominent English peer
Named Charlotte Carpenter in 1797
They went on to have 5 children
Scott’s Career
Scott was a Tory, Whigs were out of power
Enabled his Tory friends to provide him help
Friends established him a lifelong security
Enabled him to focus on his love Literature!
His First Major Work
Traveled into borderland, BW Scot & Eng
Collected & recorded lots of ballads
Put together an anthology of ballads
Named Minstrelsy of Scottish Border
The Making of Himself
Became involved in book trade
Investing as a silent partner in publishing firm
Had involved in unlucky premarital affairs
Became captain of yeomanry for a while
Facial Features and Some works:
PlumpSweet-facedExtraordinary personalityWonderful memory
Fame came to him 1805By “The Lay of the Last Minstrel”
Marmion in 1805
The Lady of the Lake 1810
Scott’s Style1st author showing
interest in medieval period
Unraveled the past of 6 cent.
OptimismActionTruthFeelingBreathingFlesh-and-blood
Scott and Historical Fiction
He took Scotland as subject matter
Scotland; country built on contradictions
A rebellion happened in 1745
Scotland had seemingly changed “overnight”
From Elizabethan era to current age
Scott and Historical Fiction
Waverly in 1814Edward Waverly, who apparently waversFirst as an English officer posted to low landsServes Hanoverian monarchsFalls in love with RoseDispatched to low landsFalls in with rebels 1745Fraternal relationship with FergusFalls in love with Flora; Fergus’s sister
Waverly and the Big Question
• Is he a Jacobite fighting for Prince Charles who is trying to conquer England or is he a Hanoverian fighting against rebels?
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Last Years of Life and a Sad Death
Lived the life of a Scotch Laired at Abbotsford
Mansion on banks of Tweed River
Stocked with antiques
A huge trade crash in England 1825
Left him bankrupted
Died trying to write his way out
Sir Walter, Mansion of Abbotsford
Sir Walter’s Monument, Edinburgh, Scotland
Scott and some novels
Ivanhoe
Kenilworth
Rob Roy
The Heart of Midlothian
Quentin Durward
Ivanhoe
Theme of Duty
Theme of Family
Theme of Identity
Theme of Justice and Judgment
Theme of Patriotism
Theme of Principles
Theme of Society and Class
Thank you for your attention and tolerance!