 | The Achievement of Literary Authority: Gender, History, and the Waverly Novels Subjects: Scott Walter Sir 1771–1832 -- Waverley novels; Scott Walter Sir 1771–1832 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History; Historical fiction -- History and criticism -- Theory etc.; Authorship -- Sex differences; Authority in literature; Scotland in li; Although literary historians have largely neglected them, Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels mark a pivotal moment in the formation of the modern literary field, Ina Ferris argues, exemplifying the complex intersections of gender and genre in the evolution of nineteenth-century literary authority. Ina Ferris is Associate Professor of English at the University of Ottawa. |
