English Literature / Unit 12 ENL 1139 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Walter Scott: Poet and Novelist
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The idea
Walter Scott began as a collector of ballads and a narrative poet, author of Marmion and The Lady of the Lake. From eighteen fourteen his Waverley novels, among Europe's most widely read, established the historical novel as an exemplar of European Romanticism.
In practice
Ballad collector, poet, historical novelist.
Where people slip
Scott wrote poems first, then novels.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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