Local Explanations: Editing a Sense of Place in Walter Scott’s Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border

Authors

  • Lucy Macrae The University of Edinburgh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2218/forum.0.690

Abstract

This essay examines Walter Scott’s engagement with concepts of place and regionality in the ballad collection Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1802-3), revealing ways in which the editor represented and re-imagined the ballads, their associated sense of place and their physical settings.

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Published

20-Jan-2014

Issue

2014: Special Issue 03: ReVision Conference

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How to Cite

“Local Explanations: Editing a Sense of Place in Walter Scott’s Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border”. 2014. FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & The Arts, January. https://doi.org/10.2218/forum.0.690.