Fiction Against History : Scott as Storyteller
by
James Kerr
Book Details
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521364256
ISBN-13
9780521364256
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 28th, 1989
Print length
156 Pages
Weight
33 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 13.80 x 1.30 cms
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An analysis of the Waverley novels by James Kerr, first published in 1989.
Walter Scott was acutely conscious of the fictionality of his historical novels. In this 1989 book, James Kerr reads the Waverley novels as a grand fictional project constructed around the relationship between the language of fiction and historical reality. We can see throughout Scott's novels a tension between the romancer, recasting the events of the past in accordance with recognizably literary logics, and the historian, presenting an accurate account of the past. This contradiction, reflected in Scott's generic mixture of romance and realism, remains unresolved, even in the most self-conscious of his works. It is in this interplay of fiction and history that Professor Kerr identifies the rich complexity of the Waverley novels.
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