walter scott-a founder of a historical novel in english literature

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walter scott-a founder of a historical novel in english literature contents introduction………………………………………………………………...3 chapter 1. historical and literary background……………5 1.1. w.scott life, works and early days…………………………………………….5 1.2. start of literary career, marriage and family………………………………….12 chapter 2. historical novel in english literature………24 2.1. literature review and methodology…………………………………………..24 2.2. w.scott and novelism………………………………………………………...30 conclusion…………………………………………………………………..34 used literature…………………………………………………………...35 introduction for other people named walter scott, see walter scott (disambiguation). sir walter scott, 1st baronet, frse (15 august 1771 – 21 september 1832) was a scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian. many of his works remain classics of both english-language literature and of scottish literature. famous titles include ivanhoe, rob roy, old mortality, the lady of the lake, waverley, the heart of midlothian and the bride of lammermoor. although primarily remembered for his extensive literary works and his political engagement, scott was an advocate, judge and legal administrator by profession, and throughout his career combined his …

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im into virtually a new literary form, the historical novel. his influence on other european and american novelists was immediate and profound, and though interest in some of his books declined somewhat in the 20th century, his reputation remains secure.[1] scott's childhood at sandyknowes, in the shadow of smailholm tower, introduced him to the tales and folklore of the scottish borders. walter scott was born on 15 august 1771. he was the ninth child of walter scott, a writer to the signet (solicitor), and anne rutherford. his father was a member of a cadet branch of the scotts clan, and his mother descended from the haliburton family, the descent from whom granted walter's family the hereditary right of burial in dryburgh abbey.[2] via the haliburton family, walter (b.1771) was a cousin of the pre-eminent contemporaneous property developer james burton, who was a haliburton who had shortened his surname, and of …

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t 6 south parade.[10] in the winter of 1776 he went back to sandyknowe, with another attempt at a water cure at prestonpans during the following summer[footnoteref:2] [2: "who were the burtons". the burtons' st leonards society. retrieved 18 september2017] in 1778, scott returned to edinburgh for private education to prepare him for school, and joined his family in their new house built as one of the first in george square.[6] in october 1779 he began at the royal high school of edinburgh (in high school yards). he was now well able to walk and explore the city and the surrounding countryside. his reading included chivalric romances, poems, history and travel books. he was given private tuition by james mitchell in arithmetic and writing, and learned from him the history of the church of scotland with emphasis on the covenanters. after finishing school he was sent to stay for six …

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that he would become a lawyer, he returned to the university to study law, first taking classes in moral philosophy and universal history in 1789–90. after completing his studies in law, he became a lawyer in edinburgh. as a lawyer's clerk he made his first visit to the scottish highlands directing an eviction. he was admitted to the faculty of advocates in 1792. he had an unsuccessful love suit with williamina belsches of fettercairn, who married scott's friend sir william forbes, 7th baronet. as a boy, youth and young man, scott was fascinated by the oral traditions of the scottish borders. he was an obsessive collector of stories, and developed an innovative method of recording what he heard at the feet of local story-tellers using carvings on twigs, to avoid the disapproval of those who believed that such stories were neither for writing down nor for printing.[13] at the age …

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ance, and ward of lord downshire in cumberland, an episcopalian. after three weeks of courtship, scott proposed and they were married on christmas eve 1797 in st mary's church, carlisle (a church set up in the now destroyed nave of carlisle cathedral). after renting a house in george street, they moved to nearby south castle street. they had five children, of whom four survived by the time of scott's death, most baptized by an episcopalian clergyman. in 1799 he was appointed sheriff-depute of the county of selkirk, based in the royal burgh of selkirk. in his early married days scott had a decent living from his earnings at the law, his salary as sheriff-depute, his wife's income, some revenue from his writing, and his share of his father's rather meagre estate.[footnoteref:3] [3: "who were the burtons". the burtons' st leonards society. retrieved 18 september2017] after their third son was born …

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walter scott-a founder of a historical novel in english literature contents introduction………………………………………………………………...3 chapter 1. historical and literary background……………5 1.1. w.scott life, works and early days…………………………………………….5 1.2. start of literary career, marriage and family………………………………….12 chapter 2. historical novel in english literature………24 2.1. literature review and methodology…………………………………………..24 2.2. w.scott and novelism………………………………………………………...30 conclusion…………………………………………………………………..34 used literature…………………………………………………………...35 introduction for other people named walter scott, see walter scott (disambiguation). sir walter scott, 1st baronet, frse (15 august 1771 – 21 september 1832) was a scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian. many of his works remain class...

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