Scott-Land The Man Who Invented a Nation |
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| Author:
| Kelly, Stuart |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84697-107-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2010 |
| Publisher: | Birlinn, Limited
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| Book Format: | Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card |
| List Price: | USD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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His name and image are everywhere - from Bank of Scotland fivers to the bizarre monument in Edinburgh's city centre.
Scott-land presumes that the reader will have only a hazy awareness of Sir Walter Scott, and, although Stuart Kelly will offer insights into Scott's works and build up the detail of his biography, it is emphatically not a conventional literary biography, nor is it a critical study. It is partly a surreptitious autobiography - Stuart Kelly was born near Abbotsford...
More DescriptionHis name and image are everywhere - from Bank of Scotland fivers to the bizarre monument in Edinburgh's city centre. Scott-land presumes that the reader will have only a hazy awareness of Sir Walter Scott, and, although Stuart Kelly will offer insights into Scott's works and build up the detail of his biography, it is emphatically not a conventional literary biography, nor is it a critical study. It is partly a surreptitious autobiography - Stuart Kelly was born near Abbotsford - and his examination of Scott's legacy, oeuvre and character come to change his own thoughts on writing, reviewing, being Scottish, and being human.