The Complete Poetry of Sir Walter Scott (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Epic poems, Romantic ballads, and Scottish Border minstrelsy, with classic essays by Hugo, Stevenson, Dickens & LangBy Walter Scott
Length53h 12m
About this audiobook
The Complete Poetry of Sir Walter Scott gathers the verse that made Scott the pre-eminent poet of the early nineteenth-century British Romantic marketplace before his fame as a novelist eclipsed it. Here are the martial narratives, border ballads, chivalric pageants, and songs that shaped works such as The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, and The Lady of the Lake. Scott's style combines swift metrical movement, antiquarian detail, dramatic narration, and a cultivated taste for legend, placing his poetry between oral tradition, Gothic revival, and Romantic historicism. Walter Scott was formed by the landscapes, legal culture, and historical memory of Scotland's Borders and Highlands. A lawyer, sheriff, editor, collector of traditional ballads, and later the creator of the Waverley novels, he possessed both documentary curiosity and imaginative sympathy for vanished worlds. His early compilation Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border helped teach him how inherited song, clan memory, and national conflict could be transformed into literary art. This volume is recommended for readers interested in Romantic poetry, Scottish literature, historical imagination, or the development of modern narrative verse. It reveals Scott not merely as a precursor to the historical novel, but as a commanding poet of memory, place, and cultural identity.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
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GenrePoetry
Length53 hrs 12 mins
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Publish dateJun 15, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Complete Poetry of Sir Walter Scott (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Author Biography
4Historical Context
5Synopsis (Selection)
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6INTRODUCTION:
7Famous Authors on Scott
8POETRY:
9Notable Poems
10MARMION (pt. 1)
11MARMION (pt. 2)
12THE LADY OF THE LAKE (pt. 1)
13THE LADY OF THE LAKE (pt. 2)
14THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL (pt. 1)
15THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL (pt. 2)
16ROKEBY (pt. 1)
17ROKEBY (pt. 2)
18THE VISION OF DON RODERICK
19THE BRIDAL OF TRIERMAIN
20THE FIELD OF WATERLOO
21THE LORD OF THE ISLES (pt. 1)
22THE LORD OF THE ISLES (pt. 2)
23HAROLD THE DAUNTLESS
24Translations and Imitations from German Ballads
25THE WILD HUNTSMAN
26WILLIAM AND HELEN
27FREDERICK AND ALICE
28THE FIRE-KING
29THE NOBLE MORINGER
30THE BATTLE OF SEMPACH
31THE ERL-KING
32Contributions to “The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border”
33THE EVE OF ST. JOHN
34CADYOW CASTLE
35THOMAS THE RHYMER
36THE GRAY BROTHER
37GLENFINLAS; OR, LORD RONALD’S CORONACH
38Poems from Novels and Other Poems
39The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 1)
40The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 2)
41The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 3)
42The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 4)
43The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 5)
44The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 6)
45The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 7)
46The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 8)
47The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 9)
48The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 10)
49The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (pt. 11)
50ANDREW LANG’S VIEW OF SCOTT:
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