LEADER 03182nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910465645603321 005 20211005163343.0 010 $a9786610534517 010 $a0-19-803791-0 010 $a1-280-53451-6 010 $a1-4237-3397-5 010 $a1-60256-995-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000295617 035 $a(EBL)3051963 035 $a(OCoLC)62268100 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000088856 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11124329 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088856 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10084084 035 $a(PQKB)11247364 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073942 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3051963 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3051963 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10091887 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL53451 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC279735 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL279735 035 $a(OCoLC)646762218 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000295617 100 $a20050526d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPossible Scotlands$b[electronic resource] $eWalter Scott and the story of tomorrow /$fCaroline McCracken-Flesher 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-516967-0 311 $a0-19-978787-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Bibliography 327 $aIndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W 330 8 $aIs 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. 606 $aHistorical fiction, Scottish$xHistory and criticism 606 $aNational characteristics, Scottish, in literature 606 $aLiterature and history$zScotland 607 $aScotland$xIn literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHistorical fiction, Scottish$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aNational characteristics, Scottish, in literature. 615 0$aLiterature and history 676 $a823/.7 700 $aMcCracken-Flesher$b Caroline$0952811 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465645603321 996 $aPossible Scotlands$92471475 997 $aUNINA