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This is an extended reading of both the initial and the Magnum Opus prefaces to Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels. Instead of being poorly crafted, expendable fluff, the prefaces describe Scott's theory of the historical novel - the subgenre he «invented» - and of historiography itself. The prefaces include an intricate arrangement of authorial personae, raising the essential questions concerning historical source material and narrative authority.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Prefacing the Waverley Prefaces
• Subtitle: A Reading of Sir Walter Scott Prefaces to the Waverley Novels
• Author: Patricia S Gaston
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 181
• EAN: 9780820416113
• ISBN: 9780820416113
• ID: 01034445
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Weight: 422 g
• Dimensions: 161 × 237 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. March 1992

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