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Sir Walter Scott - Coggle Diagram
Sir Walter Scott
Who he was?
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- "Inventor of the historical novel"
Early life
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- Interest in the old Border tales and ballads, collecting
- Edinburgh High School and University
Career
- 1805 “The Lay of the Last Minstrel”
- Printing and publishing business
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- 1810s - 1825 published novels anonymously/ pseudonym
Works
- Set in the background of Scottish history (“Waverley”, "A Legend of Montrose")
- Themes from the Middle Ages and Reformation times (" Ivanhoe", "Talisman")
- Remaining books ("Woodstock")
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Personal life
- 1797 Margaret Charlotte Charpentier
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- 1802-03 “Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border”
Influence
- Scotland’s built heritage
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- Wrote about complex social issues of the day
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