WALTER SCOTT

THE FATHER OF HISTORICAL NOVELS
IVANHOE
Writer and poet, a born storyteller and master of
dialogue, one of the greatest historical novelists, whose
favorite subject was his native Scotland. Scott wrote
twenty-seven historical novels. His influence is seen
among others in the works of James Fennimore Cooper,
Alexander Dumas, and Alexander Pushkin.
He studied at Edinburg University Arts and Law.
Married in 1797 Margaret Charlotte Charpentier. They
had 5 Children.
The technique of the omniscient narrator and the use
of regional speech, localized settings, sophisticated
character delineation, and romantic themes treated in
a realistic manner were all combined by him into
virtually a new literary form, the historical novel. His
influence on other European and American novelists
was immediate and profound, and though interest in
some of his books declined somewhat in the 20th
century, his reputation remains secure. Scott wrote
articles on “Chivalry,” “Romance,” and “Drama”
for Encyclopædia Britannica’s fourth edition (1801–
09).
Dentro de los límites más o menos señalados por los
sucesos históricos, Walter Scott imagina para los
lectores un juego de escenas, personajes y batallas que
nos posibilitan vivir una Edad Media de ensueño.
El escenario se cubre con los verdes bosques de
Sherwood, con sus castillos, sus torneos y sus ermitas.
Allí abundan los ladrones de caminos, entre los que
destaca el popular Robin Hood.
Ivanhoe relata la enconada lucha de un hombre para
restablecer su buen nombre y de paso el de la corona.
La acción acontece en una época conturbada, en
tiempos de cruzadas, de encarnizadas luchas entre dos
pueblos antaño hermanados, el sajón y el normando, y
el príncipe Juan sin Tierra planea coronarse rey,
aprovechando
que
Ricardo
Corazón de León se halla luchando
en
las
Cruzadas.
Ricardo
necesitará la ayuda de un
caballero valeroso y ducho en el
campo de batalla, y ese será Sir
Wilfred de Ivanhoe.
Ivanhoe es la más conocida de las
novelas de Walter Scott.
LITERATURE PRODUCTION
SIR WALTER SCOTT
Novels:
The Antiquary, Tales of my land lord, Ivanhoe.
The Pirate, Anne of Geierstein.
1771 - 1832
Short Tales:
Chronicles of the Canongate.
The Highland Widow, The Two Drovers
Poems:
William and Helen, Two Ballads from the German.
The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (Poemas de la
frontera escocesa).
The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Ballads and Lyrical Pieces.
Marmion o Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field.
The Lady of the Lake, The Vision of Don Roderick.
The Bridal of Triermain, The Field of Waterloo.
The Lord of the Isles, Harold the Dauntless.
Young Lochinvar, Bonnie Dundee.
Others:
The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte.
Tales of a Grandfather.
History of Scotland
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