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Making it new: Scott, Constable, Ballantyne, and the publication of 'Ivanhoe.' (Walter Scott, Archibald Constable and James Ballantyne)

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From: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900
Date: 19940922
Author:Millgate, Jane

The details of the publishing of Walter Scott's 'Ivanhoe' provides critics information about the creative and compositional impulses of Scott, his printer and his publisher. 'Ivanhoe' was intended as a break from Scott's usual narratives and so innovations were made to its physical appearance also. The physical difference was a reflection of the difference in content. Details such as the type of paper and print used and the pricing of the three-decker novel are discussed.

Though Sir Walter Scott's importance in literary history is now increasingly recognized, many of the volumes in the ...

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