Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature

by Margaret Ball

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
Introduction: An Outline of Scott's Literary Career	[1]
CHAPTER II.
Scott's Qualifications as Critic	[9]
CHAPTER III.
Scott's Work as Student and Editor in the Field ofLiterary History
1. The Mediaeval Period
(a) Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border	[17]
(b) Studies in the Romances	[32]
(c) Other Studies in Mediaeval Literature	[40]
2. The Drama	[46]
3. The Seventeenth Century: Dryden	[59]
4. The Eighteenth Century
(a) Swift	[65]
(b) The Somers Tracts	[70]
(c) The Lives of the Novelists, and Commentson other Eighteenth Century Writers	[72]
CHAPTER IV.
Scott's Criticism of His Contemporaries	[81]
CHAPTER V.
Scott as a Critic of His Own Work	[108]
CHAPTER VI.
Scott's Position as Critic	[134]
APPENDICES
I. Bibliography of Scott, Annotated	[147]
II. List of Books Quoted	[174]
Index	[179]

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A DATED LIST OF SCOTT'S BOOKS, ASIDE FROM
THE POEMS AND NOVELS, AND OF THE
PRINCIPAL WORKS WHICH HE EDITED
(PERIODICAL CRITICISM NOT INCLUDED).

1802-3	Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (edited).
1804	Sir Tristrem (edited).
1806	Original Memoirs written during the Great Civil War; the Life of Sir H. Slingsby, and Memoirs of Capt. Hodgson (edited).
1808	Memoirs of Capt. Carleton (edited).
1808	The Works of John Dryden (edited).
1808	Memoirs of Robert Carey, Earl of Monmouth, and Fragmenta Regalia (edited).
1808	Queenhoo Hall, a Romance; and Ancient Times, a Drama (edited).
1809	The State Papers and Letters of Sir Ralph Sadler (edited).
1809-15	The Somers Tracts (edited).
1811	Memoirs of the Court of Charles II, by Count Grammont (edited).
1811	Secret History of the Court of James the First (edited).
1813	Memoirs of the Reign of King Charles I, by Sir Philip Warwick (edited).
1814	The Works of Jonathan Swift (edited).
1814-17	The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland.
1816	Paul's Letters.
1818	Essay on Chivalry.
1819	Essay on the Drama.
1819-26	Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland.
1820	Trivial Poems and Triolets by Patrick Carey (edited).
1821	Northern Memoirs, calculated for the Meridian of Scotland; and the Contemplative and Practical Angler (edited).
1821-24	The Novelists' Library (edited).
1822	Chronological Notes of Scottish Affairs from 1680 till 1701 (edited).
1822	Military Memoirs of the Great Civil War (edited).
1824	Essay on Romance.
1826	Letters of Malachi Malagrowther on the Currency.
1827	The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte.
1828	Tales of a Grandfather, first series.
1828	Religious Discourses, by a Layman.
1828	Proceedings in the Court-martial held upon John, Master of Sinclair, etc. (edited).
1829	Memorials of George Bannatyne (edited).
1829	Tales of a Grandfather, second series.
1829-32	The "Opus Magnum" (Novels, Tales, and Romances, with Introductions and Notes by the Author).
1830	Tales of a Grandfather, third series.
1830	Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft.
1830	History of Scotland.
1831	Tales of a Grandfather, fourth series.
1831	Trial of Duncan Terig, etc. (edited).
1890	The Journal of Sir Walter Scott.
1894	Familiar Letters of Sir Walter Scott.

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