The Talisman by Scott, Walter

The Talisman (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780748605828)

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The Talisman by Scott, Walter

The Talisman

$125.00
The Talisman by Scott, Walter

The Talisman

$125.00
Format: Hardcover
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The second of Tales of the Crusaders, The Talisman is set in Palestine during the Third Crusade (1189 - 92). Scott constructs a story of chivalric action, apparently adopting a medieval romance view of the similarities in the values of both sides. But disguise is the leading theme of the tale: it is not just that characters frequently wear clothing that conceals their identity, but that professions and cultures hide their true nature. In this novel the Christian leaders are divided by a factious criminality, and are contrasted to the magnanimity and decisiveness of Saladin, the leader of the Moslem armies. In a period when the west was fascinated with the exotic east, Scott represents the Moslem other as more humane than the Christian west.The Talisman is one of Scott's great novels. It is a superb tale. It is also a bold departure as, for the first time, Scott explores not cultural conflict within a country or society but in the opposition of two world religions.

Author: Walter Scott
ISBN-10: 0748605827
ISBN-13: 9780748605828
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2009
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.40w x 1.20d
By Walter Scott
By Walter Scott
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Sir Walter Scott, was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet. Many of his works remain classics and include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor.

J. B. Ellis is a retired lecturer in English Literature, the University of Edinburgh.

J. H. Alexander is Reader Emeritus in English at the University of Aberdeen.

Peter Garside is an established scholar and experienced textual editor, well known in his field, and whose previous publications include critical editions of Scott, Hogg and Lockhart, all published by Edinburgh University Press. He is also the author of a string of articles interrogating Lockhart's treatment of key incidents in the Life, the latest of which is 'Scott's Last Words' [Studies in Scottish Literature, 47/2 (Fall 2021), 25-40].

David Hewitt was formerly Regius Professor of English at the University of Aberdeen. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels, for which he edited Rob Roy (EUP, 2008), The Heart of Mid-Lothian (with Alison Lumsden; EUP, 2004), Redgauntlet (with G. A. M. Wood; EUP, 1997) and The Antiquary (EUP, 1995).

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