03223nam 2200745Ia 450 991082093660332120240912173354.00-19-029087-097866105345170-19-803791-01-280-53451-61-4237-3397-51-60256-995-9(CKB)2560000000295617(EBL)3051963(OCoLC)62268100(SSID)ssj0000088856(PQKBManifestationID)11124329(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088856(PQKBWorkID)10084084(PQKB)11247364(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073942(Au-PeEL)EBL3051963(CaPaEBR)ebr10091887(CaONFJC)MIL53451(Au-PeEL)EBL279735(OCoLC)646762218(Au-PeEL)EBL7035292(MiAaPQ)EBC3051963(MiAaPQ)EBC279735(MiAaPQ)EBC7035292(EXLCZ)99256000000029561720050526d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPossible Scotlands Walter Scott and the story of tomorrow /Caroline McCracken-Flesher1st ed.New York Oxford University Press20051 online resource (240 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-516967-0 0-19-978787-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Abbreviations; 1. The Problem of Walter Scott: Waverley, Guy Mannering, and a Scot(t)ish Theory of Worth; 2. Circulating Scotlands: Telling, Tellers, and Tales in The Antiquary, The Tale of Old Mortality, and The Heart of Mid-Lothian; 3. Chancing Scotland: Playing for De/Valuation in The Fortunes of Nigel and at the King's Visit (1822); 4. Performing Other/Wise: The Talisman and Woodstock; 5. Telling Over: The Value of an Audience for Malachi Malagrowther and Chrystal Croftangry; 6. Making Meaning beyond the Ending: Castle Dangerous and Walter Scott's Last Words; Notes; BibliographyIndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; WIs Walter Scott to blame for the limitations of modern Scotland? The author argues that Scott used his position as an author to negotiate an identity for his homeland. The variety of Scott's tales suggest not a Scotland receding into the past, but one energetically alive in the past and future of its telling.Historical fiction, ScottishHistory and criticismNational characteristics, Scottish, in literatureLiterature and historyScotlandScotlandIn literatureHistorical fiction, ScottishHistory and criticism.National characteristics, Scottish, in literature.Literature and history823/.7McCracken-Flesher Caroline1620038MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820936603321Possible Scotlands4076101UNINA