| Walter Scott And The Border Minstrelsy Contributor(s): Lang, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 141919304X ISBN-13: 9781419193040 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: As to the character of Sir Walter Scott, I have proved, I hope, that he worked on a copy of the ballad which was not the Elliot version, or the Sharpe copy; so that this copy may have represented the Scotts as taking the leading part; while for the reasons given, it is apparently earlier than the Elliot version--cannot, at least, be proved to be later--and is topographically the more correct of the two. I have given antique examples of the same sort of perversions in Otterburn. If I am right, Colonel Elliot's charge against Scott lacks its base. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 7.6" W x 9.2" (0.46 lbs) 112 pages |
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