The Scottish Novel in 1824
1 July, University of Edinburgh – free
This one-day in-person symposium marks the bicentenary of 1824, an ‘annus mirabilis’ in the history of Scottish fiction that saw the publication of two experimental masterpieces: James Hogg’s The Private Memoirs & Confessions of a Justified Sinner, & Walter Scott’s Redgauntlet.
Explore the darker side of the Ferguson Collection
With Hallowe’en just behind us, in the first of a series of spooky-themed blog posts by the University of Glasgow Archives & Special Collections, we delve into 19th century literature on the occult. In this article we look at Sir Walter Scott’s (famed writer of Ivanhoe) conception of the supernatural, before moving on to explore the significance of a rare anthology of ghost stories https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/the-darker-side-of-the-ferguson-collection-part-1/
“If you could even guess the nature of this castle’s secret,” said Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore, “you would get down on your knees & thank God it was not yours.”
Currently on BBC Sounds: Allan Little discusses Walter Scott’s life & legacy with Kirsty Archer-Thompson, Stuart Kelly, Sir Tom Devine, Andrew O'Hagan, Rosemary Hill, Sara Sheridan, Rory Stewart & Joyce McMillan
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“No Romanticist or Victorianist can excuse an ignorance of Scott. Back then, everybody read him. He was the first global superstar of the novel.”
“No other single literary figure—not Shakespeare or Dickens—has been more significant in the evolution of film narrative”
—Prof Tim Dolin on #WalterScott & #cinema
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Literary Tourism, the Trossachs, & Walter Scott
11 essays examining #tourism in the Trossachs before & after Scott’s “The Lady of the Lake” (1810), surveying the #Gaelic culture of the area, & tracing Scott’s impact on those who thronged in his wake.
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AS IT WAS TOLD TO ME: Three Short Stories by Sir Walter Scott
FREE ebook, introduced by Dr Daniel Cook
🪞 “My Aunt Margaret’s Mirror”: reckless romance & supernatural theatrics
🗡️ “The Two Drovers”: a slow-burn exposé of national conflict
🔥 “Wandering Willie’s Tale”: a trip to Hell, a demonic monkey, & an unreliable narrator
New issue of #SCOTTISH LITERARY REVIEW online via Project MUSE
➡️ Muriel Spark’s Reception History in #Hungary
➡️ Place, Poetry, & Politics: The 17th & #18thCentury Reception of Alexander Montgomerie’s The Cherrie & the Slae
➡️ Toby or not Toby: An Existential Reading of #AliSmith’s There But For The
➡️ Poems Ascribed to #RobertBurns (1801): #WalterScott, John Ballantyne, & ‘Contraband’ Burns
➡️ Representations of China in the Poetry of Hugh MacDiarmid