Scott's Waverley (1814), set in and around the Jacobite Rising in
the Scotland of 1745-6, was the first historical novel in world
literature. Innovative and humane in its plot, rich in social
detail, and truly international in popularity, it not only launched
a genre, but also became a landmark in literary realism, in
historiography and in bookselling. In this study, Richard Humphrey
traces and accounts for the text's impact on historical fiction and
shows its originality in tackling the manifold issues of rebellion
and warfare, separatism and union, prejudice and cultural
tolerance. He sets Waverley in its social and literary context,
provides detailed analysis of key portions of the text, and offers
guidance on further reading.
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