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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Scott, Sir Walter

Scott, Sir Walter
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Introduction: Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe.

Scott's own introduction to the 1830 edition of his novels is the best
account of the genesis of Ivanhoe. He had fared extremely well with the
Scottish novels, but now he wanted to change his formula. Why should he be
typed as a "Scottish" novelist? Why couldn't he look elsewhere for the
materials of his art? The obvious direction in which to move was South-to
England. The Heart of Midlothian and Rob Roy both had had English scenes, but
Ivanhoe was the first of Scott's novels set entirely in England. Scott says
the idea of ...

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