scotlit, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) @litstudies “No Romanticist or Victorianist can excuse an ignorance of Scott. Back then, everybody read him. He was the first global superstar of the novel.” —Prof Adam Roberts on #WalterScott, #Romanticism, irony, #JaneAusten, & JRR #Tolkien #Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian 4/8 https://amechanicalart.blogspot.com/2016/06/some-thoughts-on-scott.html
@litstudies “No Romanticist or Victorianist can excuse an ignorance of Scott. Back then, everybody read him. He was the first global superstar of the novel.”
—Prof Adam Roberts on #WalterScott, #Romanticism, irony, #JaneAusten, & JRR #Tolkien
#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #Victorian 4/8 https://amechanicalart.blogspot.com/2016/06/some-thoughts-on-scott.html