Walter Scott and the Limits of Language
Alison Lumsden
Abstract
Walter Scott's startlingly contemporary approach to theories of language and the creative impact of this on his work are explored in this new study, which examines the linguistic diversity and creative playfulness of Scott's fiction, and suggests that an evolving scepticism towards the communicative capacities of language runs throughout his writing. The book re-examines this scepticism in relation to Scottish Enlightenment thought and recent developments in theories of the novel. Structured chronologically, the book covers Scott's output from his early narrative poems until the late, and only ... More
Keywords: Walter Scott, theories of language, linguistic diversity, creative playfulness, scepticism, communicative capacities of language, Scottish Enlightenment
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2010 | Print ISBN-13: 9780748641536 |
| Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: March 2012 | DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9780748641536.001.0001 |
