Walter Scott and the Limits of Language
Author | : Alison Lumsden |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2010-12-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780748644674 |
ISBN-13 | : 0748644679 |
Rating | : 4/5 (679 Downloads) |
Download or read book Walter Scott and the Limits of Language written by Alison Lumsden and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scott's startlingly contemporary approach to theories of language and the creative impact of this on his work are explored in this new study. Alison Lumsden examines the linguistic diversity and creative playfulness of Scott's fiction and suggests that an evolving scepticism towards the communicative capacities of language runs throughout his writing. Lumsden re-examines this scepticism in relation to Scottish Enlightenment thought and recent developments in theories of the novel. Structured chronologically, the book covers Scott's output from his early narrative poems until the late, and only recently published, Reliquiae Trotcosienses