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The Scottish Chiefs de Jane Porter

The Scottish Chiefs

Autor Jane Porter
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 iul 2013
This is a well-researched historical novel about Sir William Wallace of Scotland, also known as Braveheart-a nickname given to this great leader by the soldiers that followed him into battle. This richly detailed history of Sir Wallace's heroic fight for Scottish independence begins in Scotland in the summer of 1296. Set against the rugged beauty of the Scottish countryside, told in elegant prose, this book is hard to put down. The author has "spared no pains in consulting almost every writing extant which treats of the sister kingdoms during the period of my narrative. It would be tedious to swell this page with a list of these authorities; but all who are intimate with our old British historians must perceive, on reading the Scottish Chiefs, that in the sketch which history would have laid down for the biography of my principal hero, I have made no addition, excepting where time having made some erasure, a stroke was necessary to fill the space and unite the outline."
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781585499892
ISBN-10: 1585499897
Pagini: 676
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Editura: HERITAGE BOOKS

Recenzii

Rooted in political controversy, gender warfare, violence, and revolution, Jane Porter’s The Scottish Chiefs is the epic story of William Wallace’s struggle for Scottish independence from English rule. After the cruel death of his wife at the hands of the English, Wallace embarks on a patriotic crusade to free Scotland, gathering around himself loyal followers of both sexes, drawn from across Scottish society. Using the cross-dressing motifs of romance, Porter demonstrates that women have a crucial role to play in the drama of national identity, either as temptresses or national heroines. The Scottish Chiefs is a landmark in the development of the historical novel, and explores vital questions of patriotism, civic duty, heroism, and the role of women.
This Broadview edition offers a critical introduction and important historical contexts for the novel in the form of reviews, excerpts from Porter’s prefaces, and other contemporary accounts of William Wallace.

“Fiona Price’s edition of Jane Porter’s The Scottish Chiefs (1810) confirms its place as a key work in the development of the Romantic novel. In her wide-ranging introduction Price not only explores the novel’s reputation as an influential precursor to Walter Scott’s historical romances, but also establishes its topical force as an eloquent intervention on masculinity, heroism, and patriotism written at the height of the war against Napoleon. Price’s authoritative account of the author’s life and literary network is a valuable contribution to the history of women’s writing. The appendices, highlighting Porter’s editorial supplements, the critical controversy surrounding the novel, and other versions of the legend of William Wallace, provide fascinating insights into print culture and the workings of historical memory.” — Emma Clery, Southampton University

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Rooted in political controversy, gender warfare, violence, and revolution, Jane Porter’s The Scottish Chiefs is the epic story of William Wallace’s struggle for Scottish independence from English rule. After the cruel death of his wife at the hands of the English, Wallace embarks on a patriotic crusade to free Scotland, gathering around himself loyal followers of both sexes, drawn from across Scottish society. Using the cross-dressing motifs of romance, Porter demonstrates that women have a crucial role to play in the drama of national identity, either as temptresses or national heroines. The Scottish Chiefs is a landmark in the development of the historical novel, and explores vital questions of patriotism, civic duty, heroism, and the role of women.
This Broadview edition offers a critical introduction and important historical contexts for the novel in the form of reviews, excerpts from Porter’s prefaces, and other contemporary accounts of William Wallace.

Cuprins

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Jane Porter: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text
The Scottish Chiefs,A Romance
Appendix A: Additional Prefatory Material
  1. Preface to a subsequent edition, added in the year 1828
  2. A Retrospective Introduction to the Standard Edition of The Scottish Chiefs (1831)
  3. Recollective Preface (1840)
Appendix B: Contemporary Reviews of the 1810 and 1831 Editions
  1. The Gentleman’s Magazine (1810)
  2. The Scots Magazine (1810)
  3. Monthly Magazine (1811)
  4. The Aberdeen Magazine (1831)
  5. Fraser’s Magazine (1835)
Appendix C: From Thomas Carlyle, “Miss Baillie’s MetricalLegends,” New Edinburgh Review (October 1821)
Appendix D: From William Hamilton, A New Edition of the Life and Heroic Actions of the Renown’d Sir William Wallace (1786)
Appendix E: Representations of Wallace
  1. Robert Burns, “Scots wha hae” (1803)
  2. From Felicia Hemans, “Wallace’s Invocation to Bruce: A Poem” (1819)
  3. From Joanna Baillie, “A Metrical Legend of William Wallace” (1821)
  4. From Thomas Campbell, “The Dirge of Wallace” (1829)
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