Introductions and Notes from the Magnum Opus
Waverley to a Legend of the Wars of Montrose
Walter Scott author J H Alexander editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:29th Oct '12
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
The Magnum Opus edition, as it was familiarly know, defined the final shape of Scott’s fiction for the 19th century. Scott’s introductions are semi-autobiographical essays in which he muses on his own art and the circumstances that gave rise to each of his works of fiction. His notes illustrate his text, sometimes with simple glosses, sometimes by quotations from historical sources, but most strikingly with further narratives which parallel rather than explain incidents and situations in the fiction.
ISBN: 9780748605903
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 846g
582 pages