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The Siege of Malta and Bizarro
Sir Walter Scott
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Description for The Siege of Malta and Bizarro
Hardback. The only available editions of these two works by Scott, presented with full explanatory notes and glossary. Editor(s): Alexander, J. H.; Tulloch, Professor Graham; King, Dr. Judy. Num Pages: 528 pages, maps. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 224 x 35. Weight in Grams: 760.
The Siege of Malta is one of Scott's most moving works. The story of the Siege itself is remarkable, with its combination of individual defeat and group survival against overwhelming odds. It had been part of Scott's mental furniture from his early days, and it acquires a new and powerful resonance when remembered alongside his then-failing health. To read it is an enlarging experience, which anyone at all interested in Scott should share. The incomplete narrative of Bizarro is also a fascinating document from the end of Scott's life. In it he returns to the figure of the bandit/outlaw which ... Read more
The Siege of Malta is one of Scott's most moving works. The story of the Siege itself is remarkable, with its combination of individual defeat and group survival against overwhelming odds. It had been part of Scott's mental furniture from his early days, and it acquires a new and powerful resonance when remembered alongside his then-failing health. To read it is an enlarging experience, which anyone at all interested in Scott should share. The incomplete narrative of Bizarro is also a fascinating document from the end of Scott's life. In it he returns to the figure of the bandit/outlaw which ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748624874
SKU
V9780748624874
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About Sir Walter Scott
J. H. Alexander is Reader Emeritus in English at the University of Aberdeen. 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.
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