The bride of Lammermoor /
This new edition of The Bride of Lammermoor restores the action to 1703, before the Union of Scotland and England in 1707 rather than after it, which is where Scott's revisions of 1830 placed it. At last the sense of instability and of impermanence which permeates the novel makes sense, for wha...
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| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh University Press ; Columbia University Press,
[1995], ©1995
Edinburgh : New York : Edinburgh University Press, c1995 Edinburgh : c1995 Edinburgh : New York : [1995] |
| Series: | Scott, Walter, Sir, Sir, 1771-1832 Waverley novels (Edinburgh ed.). Waverley novels (Edinburgh ed.) ;
v. 7a. Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 Waverley novels (Edinburgh ed.) ; 7a. Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 Waverley novels (Edinburgh ed.) ; v. 7a. Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 Waverley novels (Edinburgh ed.) ; v. 7a. Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 Waverley novels (Edinburgh ed.) 7a Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 Waverley novels (Edinburgh ed.) v. 7a. |
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| Summary: | This new edition of The Bride of Lammermoor restores the action to 1703, before the Union of Scotland and England in 1707 rather than after it, which is where Scott's revisions of 1830 placed it. At last the sense of instability and of impermanence which permeates the novel makes sense, for what was to come in the impending revolution This new edition of The Bride of Lammermoor restores the action to 1703, before the Union of Scotland and England in 1707 rather than after it, which is where Scott's revisions of 1830 placed it. At last the sense of instability and of impermanence which permeates the novel makes sense, for what was to come in the impending revolution. Love is doomed in this the most famous of Scott's plots. Edgar Ravenswood and Lucy Ashton are destroyed not just by the opposing political and religious allegiances of their families, but by the pervasive drive for power in a state where only power guarantees the ownership of real property. Yet the politics are only an aspect of a predetermining fate, seen in the symbols of the bull, the tower, the violated maiden, the raven, in the image of the revenging ancestor, in the traditional prophecies and in the second sight of the village witches. There is only safety in Lucy's contemptus mundi, seen in her song, "Look thou not on Beauty's charming", and when she commits herself to Edgar she is lost Love is doomed in this the most famous of Scott's plots. Edgar Ravenswood and Lucy Ashton are destroyed not just by the opposing political and religious allegiances of their families, but by the pervasive drive for power in a state where only power guarantees the ownership of real property Yet the politics are only an aspect of a predetermining fate, seen in the symbols of the bull, the tower, the violated maiden, the raven, in the image of the revenging ancestor, in the traditional prophecies and in the second sight of the village witches. There is only safety in Lucy's contemptus mundi, seen in her song, "Look thou not on Beauty's charming", and when she commits herself to Edgar she is lost |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 398 p. ; 23 cm xvi, 398 p. ; 23 cm xvi, 398 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-340) Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-340) Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 023110572X (Columbia University Press) 023110572X (Columbia ed.) 023110572X (Columbia edition) 023110572X (Columbia) 023110572X 0748605711 (Edinburgh ed.) 0748605711 (Edinburgh edition) 0748605711 : 0748605711 9780231105729 (Columbia ed.) 9780748605712 (Edinburgh ed.) |