Well done as always. He got along well with people of " all classes" is a lable we just never think or say in the U.S. For us it's, "all kinds of people."
The only work I read by this author was Ivanhoé. Walter Scott's idealization of the Middle Ages was reproduced in Brazil, but here we had neither a feudal society nor the morality of medieval knights. So the Brazilian romantic writers who were inspired by Scott's work created the indigenous nobleman, an unlikely hero who was paradoxically savage and more civilized than the colonists with whom he came into conflict. Scott's characters also brought together paradoxical aspects, as in the medieval British context dominated by Normans, the English Saxons valued by the writer had been demoted to the status of dominated people carrying a discredited language and culture. The same had happened with the Indians, who were absolute masters of Pindorama until the arrival of the Portuguese. It is difficult to say that the true English Saxons lived up to the noble ideals attributed to them by the author of Ivanhoe. The Indians who lived in Brazil, on the other hand, had their own customs, languages and notions of courage and personal honor, but they cannot be compared to the medieval morality of Europeans (whether real or idealized).
I believe a lot of our Brazilian noble savage mythos came from Chateaubriant and Cooper. The medievalist aspect can be seen in Alencar, which of course would be more out of place in North America. Thank you for your comment, I am a Brazilian studying Brazilian and American romantic authors and came here looking for some quick ideas on Scott and found a pleasant surprise here!
Love his works: 1814: Waverley 1815: Guy Mannering 1816: The Antiquary 1816: The Black Dwarf and Old Mortality or The Tale of Old Mortality - the 1st instalment from the subset series, Tales of My Landlord 1817: Rob Roy 1818: The Heart of Mid-Lothian - the 2nd instalment from the subset series, Tales of My Landlord 1819: The Bride of Lammermoor and A Legend of Montrose or A Legend of the Wars of Montrose - the 3rd instalment from the subset series, Tales of My Landlord 1820: Ivanhoe 1820: The Monastery 1820: The Abbot 1821: Kenilworth 1822: The Pirate 1822: The Fortunes of Nigel 1822: Peveril of the Peak 1823: Quentin Durward 1824: St. Ronan's Well or Saint Ronan's Well 1824: Redgauntlet 1825: The Betrothed and The Talisman - a subset series, Tales of the Crusaders 1826: Woodstock 1827: Chronicles of the Canongate - containing two short stories ("The Highland Widow" and "The Two Drovers") and a novel (The Surgeon's Daughter) 1828: The Fair Maid of Perth - the 2nd instalment from the subset series, Chronicles of the Canongate 1829: Anne of Geierstein 1832: Count Robert of Paris and Castle Dangerous - the 4th instalment from the subset series, Tales of My Landlord Other novels: 1831-1832: The Siege of Malta - a finished novel published posthumously in 2008 1832: Bizarro - an unfinished novel (or novella) published posthumously in 2008 Poetry Many of the short poems or songs released by Scott (or later anthologized) were originally not separate pieces but parts of longer poems interspersed throughout his novels, tales, and dramas. 1796: The Chase, and William and Helen: Two Ballads, translated from the German of Gottfried Augustus Bürger 1800: Glenfinlas 1802-1803: Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border 1805: The Lay of the Last Minstrel 1806: Ballads and Lyrical Pieces 1808: Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field 1810: The Lady of the Lake 1811: The Vision of Don Roderick 1813: The Bridal of Triermain 1813: Rokeby 1815: The Field of Waterloo 1815: The Lord of the Isles 1817: Harold the Dauntless 1825: Bonnie Dundee Short stories 1811: "The Inferno of Altisidora" 1817: "Christopher Corduroy" 1818: "Alarming Increase of Depravity Among Animals" 1818: "Phantasmagoria" 1827: "The Highland Widow" and "The Two Drovers" (see Chronicles of the Canongate above) 1828: "My Aunt Margaret's Mirror", "The Tapestried Chamber", and "Death of the Laird's Jock" - from the series The Keepsake Stories 1832: "A Highland Anecdote"
One of Europe's greatest writers ! Although hated by Nicola Sturgeon's SNP cultural commissars. ( Scott being a Unionist .) Sums up the rancid pettiness of the SNP. !
Apparently, they admired each other...Jane Austen with a bit of jealousy mixed with deference. I had no idea before you mentioned it, so thank you for that. It led me to this article: janeaustens.house/walter-scott-and-jane-austen/
I don't get it. Scott had a facination with the old monastaries, castles, and the romance of Britain's/Scotland's past, WHILE SUCH A PAST WAS ALL CATHOLIC, but himself remained Protestant. Neither he nor his admiring public thinks very deeply. I understand the fun of the novels, but he may as well have been Cyrus Scofield inventing his Scofield interpretation of the Bible. Someone with credentials, a doctorate or something in such literature, explain where I am going wrong, or do you agree with me?
I just love this series. So well written and narrated.
Thank you so much.
Well done as always. He got along well with people of " all classes" is a lable we just never think or say in the U.S. For us it's, "all kinds of people."
Sir Walter Scott, I loved his literary works. This was a lovely tribute to this great writer. Thank you ❤️
Thank you, Anna 💙
This documentary was very interesting , thank you.
Glad you enjoyed, Hector
Some of his descendants are living in New Zealand. We keep in touch.
This is my 6tg great grandfather
This is my 6th great grandfather
Just lovely. Many thanks for sharing this.
Beautiful Documentary !
Thank you.
thank-you for this I have not read much of Scott but enjoyed what I trad, now I will look for other novels.
Very intriguing documentary
I so wish I could have traveled there when I was young. 🎉
The only work I read by this author was Ivanhoé. Walter Scott's idealization of the Middle Ages was reproduced in Brazil, but here we had neither a feudal society nor the morality of medieval knights. So the Brazilian romantic writers who were inspired by Scott's work created the indigenous nobleman, an unlikely hero who was paradoxically savage and more civilized than the colonists with whom he came into conflict. Scott's characters also brought together paradoxical aspects, as in the medieval British context dominated by Normans, the English Saxons valued by the writer had been demoted to the status of dominated people carrying a discredited language and culture. The same had happened with the Indians, who were absolute masters of Pindorama until the arrival of the Portuguese. It is difficult to say that the true English Saxons lived up to the noble ideals attributed to them by the author of Ivanhoe. The Indians who lived in Brazil, on the other hand, had their own customs, languages and notions of courage and personal honor, but they cannot be compared to the medieval morality of Europeans (whether real or idealized).
I believe a lot of our Brazilian noble savage mythos came from Chateaubriant and Cooper. The medievalist aspect can be seen in Alencar, which of course would be more out of place in North America. Thank you for your comment, I am a Brazilian studying Brazilian and American romantic authors and came here looking for some quick ideas on Scott and found a pleasant surprise here!
speed it up to 1.25 and its far more engaging... the voice is a cure for insomnia otherwise.
Very interesting! Many thanks…
Thanks for watching, Joan!
He’s my 15th great grandpa
He's my 6th
Love his works:
1814: Waverley
1815: Guy Mannering
1816: The Antiquary
1816: The Black Dwarf and Old Mortality or The Tale of Old Mortality - the 1st instalment from the subset series, Tales of My Landlord
1817: Rob Roy
1818: The Heart of Mid-Lothian - the 2nd instalment from the subset series, Tales of My Landlord
1819: The Bride of Lammermoor and A Legend of Montrose or A Legend of the Wars of Montrose - the 3rd instalment from the subset series, Tales of My Landlord
1820: Ivanhoe
1820: The Monastery
1820: The Abbot
1821: Kenilworth
1822: The Pirate
1822: The Fortunes of Nigel
1822: Peveril of the Peak
1823: Quentin Durward
1824: St. Ronan's Well or Saint Ronan's Well
1824: Redgauntlet
1825: The Betrothed and The Talisman - a subset series, Tales of the Crusaders
1826: Woodstock
1827: Chronicles of the Canongate - containing two short stories ("The Highland Widow" and "The Two Drovers") and a novel (The Surgeon's Daughter)
1828: The Fair Maid of Perth - the 2nd instalment from the subset series, Chronicles of the Canongate
1829: Anne of Geierstein
1832: Count Robert of Paris and Castle Dangerous - the 4th instalment from the subset series, Tales of My Landlord
Other novels:
1831-1832: The Siege of Malta - a finished novel published posthumously in 2008
1832: Bizarro - an unfinished novel (or novella) published posthumously in 2008
Poetry
Many of the short poems or songs released by Scott (or later anthologized) were originally not separate pieces but parts of longer poems interspersed throughout his novels, tales, and dramas.
1796: The Chase, and William and Helen: Two Ballads, translated from the German of Gottfried Augustus Bürger
1800: Glenfinlas
1802-1803: Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border
1805: The Lay of the Last Minstrel
1806: Ballads and Lyrical Pieces
1808: Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field
1810: The Lady of the Lake
1811: The Vision of Don Roderick
1813: The Bridal of Triermain
1813: Rokeby
1815: The Field of Waterloo
1815: The Lord of the Isles
1817: Harold the Dauntless
1825: Bonnie Dundee
Short stories
1811: "The Inferno of Altisidora"
1817: "Christopher Corduroy"
1818: "Alarming Increase of Depravity Among Animals"
1818: "Phantasmagoria"
1827: "The Highland Widow" and "The Two Drovers" (see Chronicles of the Canongate above)
1828: "My Aunt Margaret's Mirror", "The Tapestried Chamber", and "Death of the Laird's Jock" - from the series The Keepsake Stories
1832: "A Highland Anecdote"
We lost a great writer today hillary mantel Died suddenly today I don't know why but I just find myself broken
Oh! I'm not familiar with that author. I shall look for the writings and enjoy them.
No wonder he stood as a tremendous force in English Literature
Lovely
Just found out he’s my 4th great grandfather
He's my 6th, heyyyy cousin 😂😂
Really ?
Whisp of a shadow then you are gone . . .
I'm a descendant of Sir Walter Scott
Me to!
The Talisman is a brilliant piece of writing.
“What, you don’t mean the Walter Scott?”-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
One of Europe's greatest writers ! Although hated by Nicola Sturgeon's SNP cultural commissars. ( Scott being a Unionist .) Sums up the rancid pettiness of the SNP. !
Sir Walter Scott was a favourite of Jane Austen I think, wasn't he?
Apparently, they admired each other...Jane Austen with a bit of jealousy mixed with deference. I had no idea before you mentioned it, so thank you for that. It led me to this article:
janeaustens.house/walter-scott-and-jane-austen/
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I had heard he admired her writing too yes.
Thanks for the article. I'll have a read of that! 🙏
I don't get it. Scott had a facination with the old monastaries, castles, and the romance of Britain's/Scotland's past, WHILE SUCH A PAST WAS ALL CATHOLIC, but himself remained Protestant. Neither he nor his admiring public thinks very deeply. I understand the fun of the novels, but he may as well have been Cyrus Scofield inventing his Scofield interpretation of the Bible. Someone with credentials, a doctorate or something in such literature, explain where I am going wrong, or do you agree with me?
We all have to walk our own path, by our own conscience. Sir Walter Scott was no different. All is as God Wills it.
The narrator calls Charles Stuart a pretender. Ridiculous.
Much neglected author.