Scott, Chaucer, and medieval romance a study in Sir Walter Scott's indebtedness to the literature of the Middle Ages

Summary: While the influence of Shakespeare on Sir Walter Scott has long been recognized, the importance of medieval literature in shaping his creative imagination has never before been examined in depth. Jerome Mitchell's new book fills this significant gap through a wide-ranging study of Scott's indebtedness to Chaucer and to medieval romance, especially the Middle English romances, for story-patterns, motifs, character types, style and structure, and detail. Mitchell establishes more completely and accurately than any previous critic the extent of Scott's knowledge of medieval literature. His examina.

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ISBN: 9780813163840
ISBN: 0813163846
ISBN: 0813153697
ISBN: 9780813153698
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (281 pages)
Publisher: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1987.

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General Note:	Includes index. AC-SUB CatMonthString:june.15 Multi-user. CatMonthString:march.16 Multi-User.
Formatted Contents Note:	Scott's knowledge of medieval literature -- The narrative poetry -- The early novels, 1814-1816 -- Novels of the broken years, 1817-1819 -- Novels of the high-noon period, 1820-1825 -- Novels of the dark days and servitude, 1826-1832 -- Style and structure in the Waverly novels.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.