The reception of Sir Walter Scott in Europe / edited by Murray Pittock
2006, 1st edition. London ; New York : Continuum. Near fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #429466
ISBN: 0826474101
Physical description; lxxiv, 396 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-386) and index. Contents; Timeline of the European reception of Sir Walter Scott, 1802-2005 / Paul Barnaby -- Introduction: Scott and the European nationalities question / Murray Pittock -- Scott in France / Richard Maxwell -- Another tale of old mortality : the translations of August-Jean-Baptiste Defauconpret in the French reception of Scott / Paul Barnaby -- The reception of Sir Walter Scott in Spain / José Enrique García-González and Fernando Toda -- Ivanhoe, a tale of the crusades, or, Scott in Catalonia / Andrew Monnickendam -- The reception of Walter Scott in nineteenth-century Austria / Norbert Bachleitner -- The reception of Sir Walter Scott in German literary histories, 1820-1945 / Frauke Reitemeier -- The reception of Walter Scott in East, West and reunified Germany (1949-2005) / Annika Bautz -- The Hungarian reception of Walter Scott in the nineteenth century / Emilia Szaffner -- The canonization of Walter Scott as the inventor of the historical novel in twentieth-century Hungarian reception / Gertrud Szamosi -- From romantic folkorism to children's adventure fiction : Walter Scott in Czech culture / Martin Procházka -- The Polish reception of Sir Walter Scott / Miros awa Modrzewska -- The rise and fall of Walter Scott's popularity in Russia / Mark G. Altshuller, translated by Neil Stewart -- Slovene reception of Sir Walter Scott in the nineteenth century / Tone Smolej -- 'His pirates had foray'd on Scottish hill' : Scott in Denmark with an overview of his reception in Norway and Sweden / Jørgen Erik Nielsen -- European reception of Scott's poetry : translation as the front line / Tom Hubbard -- Scott's 'heyday' in opera / Jeremy Tambling -- 'Seeing with the painter's eye' : Sir Walter Scott's challenge to nineteenth-century art / Beth Wright -- 'Scotland is Scott-land' : Scott and the development of tourism / Alastair Durie. Subjects; Scott, Walter 1771-1832 Appreciation Europe. Scott, Walter 1771-1832 Criticism and interpretation History. Scott, Walter 1771-1832 Influence. Scott, Walter Sir 1771-1832. Scott, Walter 1771-1832.
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