One of the most influential works on Sir Walter Scott, The Hero of
the Waverley Novels is a model for reconstructing ideas common at a
given period in time. In this book Alexander Welsh draws upon the
entire canon of Scott's fiction to demonstrate its bearing on
property and the behavior prescribed for the propertied classes.
Analyzing the "passive hero"--the protagonist who is acted upon by
outside forces--he shows how Scott became such a powerful influence
for nineteenth-century literature and history. Welsh has updated
his book with an essay on history and revolution in Old Mortality,
another on repression and the social contract in the novels, and an
afterword on the contrast of styles. Originally published in 1993.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books
while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase
access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of
books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in
1905.
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