Sir Walter Scott as a critic of literature

Margaret Ball

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IN ENGLISHSTUDIESUNIVERSITYCOLUMBIA 1.Vol. II, No.Series II. SCOTTWALTERSIR OF LITERATUREAS A CRITIC This Monograph has been approved by the Department of English in Columbia University as a contribution to knowledge worthy of publication. THORNDIKE,A. H. Secretary. SIR WALTER SCOTT AS A CRITIC OF LITERATURE BY MARGARET BALL, Ph.D. THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS 1907 'WflM, Copyright, 1907 By The Columbia University Press Printed from type November, 1907 Press of The New era Printing company Lancaster, pa. PREFACE workadequate discussion of Scott's criticalThe lack of any thereason for the undertaking of this study,is a sufficient three yearswhich was suggested to me more thansubject of We stillProfessor Trent of Columbia University.ago by theessays and monumental editions prepared byuse critical has been soof the Waverley novels, but the criticismauthor importance is scarcelyovershadowed by the romances that its itself, as well as in the oppor-recognized. It is valuable in relation of the critical to thetunity it offers of considering the interesting problem when it iscreative mood, an especially writer.presented concretely in the work of a great writings been pub-No complete bibliography of Scott's has the of an authorlished, and perhaps none is possible in case The present attempt in-who wrote so much anonymously. and articles commonly leftcludes some at least of the books or scholarly character.

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• Nombre de lectures: 15
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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IN ENGLISHSTUDIESUNIVERSITYCOLUMBIA
1.Vol. II, No.Series II.
SCOTTWALTERSIR
OF LITERATUREAS A CRITICThis Monograph has been approved by the Department
of English in Columbia University as a contribution to
knowledge worthy of publication.
THORNDIKE,A. H.
Secretary.