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At 250, Walter Scott points toward our possible futures.

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"'Correctly identifying Scott in 1825 as undoubtedly the most popular writer of the age",?William Hazlitt also lodged a complaint against him:?"He is just half what the human intellect is capable of being: if you take the universe, and divide it into two parts, he knows all that it has been; all that it is to be is nothing to him." But then, rephrasing, Hazlitt produces a pithier and more apt formulation, calling Scott a "prophesier of things past".?Without citing Hazlitt's punchline, this commemorative anthology of essays teases out its implications. This book is a thoughtful and provocative exploration of how reading Scott might matter going forward for futures past, and passing, and to come.'"" -James Chandler, The University of Chicago

Walter Scott at 250

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      Publisher Edinburgh University Press
      Published 6 February 2023
      ISBN-13 9781474429870
      978-1474429870
      ISBN-10 1474429874
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      Literature: history and criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      At 250, Walter Scott points toward our possible futures.

      Trade Review
      "'Correctly identifying Scott in 1825 as undoubtedly the most popular writer of the age",?William Hazlitt also lodged a complaint against him:?"He is just half what the human intellect is capable of being: if you take the universe, and divide it into two parts, he knows all that it has been; all that it is to be is nothing to him." But then, rephrasing, Hazlitt produces a pithier and more apt formulation, calling Scott a "prophesier of things past".?Without citing Hazlitt's punchline, this commemorative anthology of essays teases out its implications. This book is a thoughtful and provocative exploration of how reading Scott might matter going forward for futures past, and passing, and to come.'"" -James Chandler, The University of Chicago

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