| The Shorter Fiction Contributor(s): Scott, Walter (Author), Tulloch, Graham (Editor), King, Judy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0748605894 ISBN-13: 9780748605897 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: Scott wrote short stories throughout his career. Some are inset into novels but others were published separately in periodicals. This collection of eight pieces of shorter fiction from periodicals extends from a satirical piece appearing in 1811 in "The Edinburgh Annual Register" through stories from "The Sale-Room" and "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine" to four stories published late in his life in "The Keepsake," Only three of these stories were regularly reprinted. The other five are here made readily available for the first time, and show both Scott's versatility and his continuous exploration of the possibilities of fiction. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" (1.00 lbs) 280 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |