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ministry of higher and secondary specialed education of the republic of uzbekistan uzbekistan state world languages university english language faculty n_2 course paper theme: “walter scott,a founder of a historical novel-his life and work. his best novels.” group:232 written by: xasanova madina supervisor: usmanova dilnoza tashkent 2021 walter scott,a founder of a historical novel-his life and work. his best novels. contents introduction ………………………………...…. 4 chapter i early life walter scott…… 6 1.1 early life and education…………… 6 1.2 start of literary career, marriage and family…………... 10 chapter ii walter scott famous works 13 2.1 poetry and writing activities.............................................. 13 2.2 his best novels.......................................................... 21 conclusion…………………………...……… 34 the list of used literature ……………………….……….... 35 introduction sir walter scott, in full sir walter scott, 1st baronet, (born august 15, 1771, edinburgh, scotland—died september 21, 1832, abbotsford, roxburgh, scotland), scottish novelist, poet, historian, and biographer who is often considered both the inventor and …

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practice of law were somewhat desultory, for his immense youthful energy was diverted into social activities and into miscellaneous readings in italian, spanish, french, german, and latin. after a very deeply felt early disappointment in love, he married, in december 1797, charlotte carpenter, of a french royalist family, with whom he lived happily until her death in 1826. scott gathered the disparate strands of contemporary novel-writing techniques into his own hands and harnessed them to his deep interest in scottish history and his knowledge of antiquarian lore. the technique of the omniscient narrator and the use of regional speech, localized settings, sophisticated character delineation, and romantic themes treated in a realistic manner were all combined by him 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 …

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tory establishment in edinburgh, scott was an active member of the highland society, served a long term as president of the royal society of edinburgh (1820–1832) and was a vice president of the society of antiquaries of scotland (1827–1829).[footnoteref:1] [1: "famous fellows". society of antiquaries of scotland. retrieved 18 january 2019.] scott's knowledge of history, and his facility with literary technique, made him a seminal figure in the establishment of the historical novel genre, as well as an exemplar of european literary romanticism. he was created a baronet "of abbotsford in the county of roxburgh", scotland, in the baronetage of the united kingdom on 22 april 1820, which title became extinct on the death of his son the 2nd baronet in 1847. walter scott was born on 15 august 1771, in a third-floor apartment on college wynd in the old town, edinburgh, a narrow alleyway leading from the cowgate to …

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signet. at school and university scott had become a friend of adam ferguson, whose father professor adam ferguson hosted literary salons.[12] scott met the blind poet thomas blacklock, who lent him books and introduced him to the ossian cycle of poems by james macpherson. during the winter of 1786–87 the 15-year-old scott met the scots poet robert burns at one of these salons, their only meeting. when burns noticed a print illustrating the poem "the justice of the peace" and asked who had written it, scott alone named the author as john langhorne, and was thanked by burns. scott describes this event in his memoirs where he whispers the answer to his friend adam who tells burns;[footnoteref:3] another version of the event is described in literary beginnings.[14] when it was decided that he would become a lawyer, he returned to the university to study law, first taking classes in moral …

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ermaster and secretary. the daily drill practices that year, starting at 5 am, provide an indication of the determination with which this role was undertaken. 1.2. start of literary career, marriage and family scott was prompted to embark on his literary career by the enthusiasm in edinburgh during the 1790s for modern german literature. recalling that period in 1827 scott said that he 'was german-mad'.[footnoteref:5]in 1796 he produced english versions of two poems by gottfried august bürger, der wilde jäger and lenore, publishing them as the chase, and william and helen. scott responded to the contemporaneous german interest in national identity, folk culture, and medieval literature. this linked up with his own developing passion for traditional ballads. one of his favourite books since childhood had been thomas percy's reliques of ancient english poetry, and during the 1790s he engaged in research in manuscript collections and on border 'raids' to collect …

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ministry of higher and secondary specialed education of the republic of uzbekistan uzbekistan state world languages university english language faculty n_2 course paper theme: “walter scott,a founder of a historical novel-his life and work. his best novels.” group:232 written by: xasanova madina supervisor: usmanova dilnoza tashkent 2021 walter scott,a founder of a historical novel-his life and work. his best novels. contents introduction ………………………………...…. 4 chapter i early life walter scott…… 6 1.1 early life and education…………… 6 1.2 start of literary career, marriage and family…………... 10 chapter ii walter scott famous works 13 2.1 poetry and writing activities.............................................. 13 2.2 his best novels.......................................................... 21...

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