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Sir Walter Scott - The Shorter Fiction - 9780748605897 - V9780748605897
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The Shorter Fiction

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Description for The Shorter Fiction Hardback. This collection comprise eight pieces of shorter fiction all from periodicals. They show both Scott's versatility and his continuous exploration of the possibilities of fiction. Editor(s): Tulloch, Professor Graham; King, Dr. Judy. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Scott wrote short stories throughout his career, some included within novels, others published separately in periodicals. This collection of the stories from periodicals extends from his earliest published fiction to his last and comprises pieces from The Edinburgh Annual Register (1811), The Sale-Room (1817), Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1817-1818) and The Keepsake (1828-1831). Only three of these stories have been regularly reprinted; the other five are here made readily available for the first time. Publication in periodicals offered Scott new opportunities to explore the potential of the short story form and to demonstrate his enormous versatility as a writer of fiction. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Series
Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748605897
SKU
V9780748605897
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About Sir Walter Scott
Graham Tulloch is Professor of English and Dean of Humanities at Flinders University, Australia. Judy King is Research Associate in English at Flinders University, Australia.

Reviews for The Shorter Fiction
The Shorter Fiction, as with all the volumes of the EEWN, contains all the full texts based on the first published version, followed by an 'Essay on the Text' by the editors of the volume offering a detailed and comprehensive account of the genesis, composition, and editorial history of each work. It also includes an 'Emendation List' made to the ... Read more

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