Scott's Novels and the Counter-Revolutionary Politics of Place

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-35277-3
Verlag: World Bank Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 27, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 517 g

Reihe: SCROLL: Scottish Cultural Review of Language and Literature

Counter-revolutionary or wary progressive? Critical apologist for the Stuart and Hanoverian dynasties? What are the political and cultural significances of place when Scott represents the instabilities generated by the Union? Scott's Novels and the Counter-Revolutionary Politics of Place analyses Scott’s sophisticated, counter-revolutionary interpretation of Britain's past and present in relation to those questions.

Exploring the diversity within Scott’s life and writings, as historian and political commentator, conservative committed to progress, Scotsman and Briton, lawyer and philosopher, this monograph focuses on how Scott portrays and analyses the evolution of the state through notions of place and landscape. It especially considers Scott’s response to revolution and rebellion, and his geopolitical perspective on the transition from Stuart to Hanoverian sovereignty.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Napton, Dani

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Compromised Authority and Confinement in The Fortunes of Nigel and Woodstock
The Otherness of Scotland in The Fortunes of Nigel
The Political Significance of Locale and Language in Woodstock

2 Governance and Agency in Woodstock and Peveril of the Peak
A Geo-political Mapping of Woodstock
The Centrality of Martindale
Placing Legal and Judicial Sovereignty in Woodstock and Peveril of the Peak

3 Oppression, Justice and Monarchy in Peveril of the Peak and The Heart of Mid-Lothian
Marginalization, Exploitation and Powerlessness in Peveril of the Peak
Cultural Imperialism, Violence and Distance in The Heart of Mid-Lothian

4 Landscaping Justice, Rebellion and Dynastic Failure in The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Waverley and Redgauntlet
A Just Landscape in The Heart of Mid-Lothian
Place and Rebellion in Waverley
Locale and Dynastic Failure in Redgauntlet
Marginalized Sovereignty in Waverley and Redgauntlet

5 The Royal Presence as Locale: Rehabilitating the Stuart and Hanoverian Monarchies
Charles i and Charles ii
Charles Edward Stuart, George ii and George iii

Conclusion: Homecoming, Return and Journey’s End

Appendix: Sources for Scott’s Characterization of James i
Select Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dani Napton, PhD (2010), PhD (2018), Honorary Associate at Macquarie University, has published on English literature, politics and culture 1750-1900, and co-authored and co-edited The French Revolution and the British Novel in the Romantic Period (2012).