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Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott. 1771-1832. Biography. Born Edinburgh 1771 (capital of Scotland), but largely raised by grandparents in Border counties (border with E ngland); son of attorney, trains in law himself

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Sir Walter Scott

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  1. Sir Walter Scott 1771-1832

  2. Biography • Born Edinburgh 1771 (capital of Scotland), but largely raised by grandparents in Border counties (border with England); son of attorney, trains in law himself • 1745 – failed Jacobite rebellion by highland Scots against Hanover dynasty; Scott’s lifetime sees a sometimes brutal suppression of “Scotland” in favor of a “United Kingdom,” and a loss of Scots culture as it is assimilated into “British” culture

  3. Begins to Publish • Collects (and “improves”) traditional border ballads from rural shepherds and peasant women into Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, 1802-3. • Long narrative poetic romances set in medieval times: Lay of Last Minstrel (1805), Marmion (1808), Lady of the Lake (1810) • Bestsellers • Establishes 19th C interest in medievalism • Establishes Scott’s enduring interest in seeing his time as negotiating between advantages of “modern” world and advantages of heroic past

  4. Prose Fiction • In 1814, publishes Waverly, first of the “Waverly” novels in which figures embrace both current Enlightenment ideals and heroic medieval ideals • My personal favorite Scott novel is Ivanhoe, with its Jewish heroine who saves the knight (so he can save Robin Hood, King Richard & the Christian lady). It assumes that 12th C figures believe in the essential equality of all persons. • Publishes prose anonymously

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