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Title: Sir Walter Scott
Author: John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir)
Year of Publication: 1932 (20th century)
Type: Non-fiction
Genre: Biography, History
Plot Summary: Admirably concise but not uncritical account of Buchan’s literary hero and Border soulmate: ‘It is a book which I was bound one day or other to write, for I have had the fortune to be born and bred under the shadow of that great tradition.’ The life of Scott (q.v.) is recounted with characteristic clarity and narrative pace. ‘He seems to me the greatest, because the most representative, of Scotsmen, since in his mind and character he sums up more fully than any other the idiomatic qualities of his countrymen and translates them into a universal tongue.’ Also a useful guide to ‘Scott Country’.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 1842327925
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Home | Title detail page
Title: Sir Walter Scott
Author: John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir)
Year of Publication: 1932 (20th century)
Type: Non-fiction
Genre: Biography, History
Plot Summary: Admirably concise but not uncritical account of Buchan’s literary hero and Border soulmate: ‘It is a book which I was bound one day or other to write, for I have had the fortune to be born and bred under the shadow of that great tradition.’ The life of Scott (q.v.) is recounted with characteristic clarity and narrative pace. ‘He seems to me the greatest, because the most representative, of Scotsmen, since in his mind and character he sums up more fully than any other the idiomatic qualities of his countrymen and translates them into a universal tongue.’ Also a useful guide to ‘Scott Country’.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 1842327925
SITEMAP | LINKS | TERMS & CONDITIONS | © Edinburgh Film Focus 2009