| Selected Poems: Sir Walter Scott Second Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Scott, Sir Walter (Author), Reed, James (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1857546989 ISBN-13: 9781857546989 Publisher: Carcanet Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2006 Annotation: This selection, which includes early love poems, songs from the novels, landscape poems from "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" and "The Lady of the Lake," and the complete narrative poems "William and Helen" and "Marmion," reveals Sir Walter Scott as a poet speaking for a people. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.7 |
| Series: Fyfield Books |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.42" W x 8.6" (0.85 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sir Walter Scott is the great poet of the Scottish people, yet he wrote at a time when Scottish culture and landscapes were changing rapidly under English pressure. Introducing this selection, James Reed sets Scott in context as both a European Romantic and a Scottish folk poet. |