WaverleyBroadview Press, 7 jul 2010 - 538 páginas Sir Walter Scott’s first novel, Waverley enjoyed tremendous popularity upon its first publication. The novel is set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, which sought to restore Charles Edward Stuart to the British throne. It portrays the doomed rising from the perspective of the hero, Edward Waverley, who travels to Scotland and is drawn to the Jacobite cause by a clan chieftain, his beautiful sister, and Charles Edward Stuart himself. Appendices to this edition include material on the Jacobite Rebellion and related conflicts, Scottish folklore, and a broad selection of contemporary reviews of Waverley. |
Índice
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A Note on the Text | 39 |
Abbreviations for Works Consulted for Annotations | 45 |
WAVERLEY | 47 |
Scotts Notes to Waverley Volumes One and Two | 453 |
Selected Reviews of Waverley 181431 | 481 |
The Union of 1707 | 501 |
The Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 | 509 |
Scottish Folklore and Legend in Contemporary Literature | 525 |
Select Bibliography and Works Cited | 535 |
Términos y frases comunes
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