In this 1958 study, Ian Jack examines Walter Scott's merits as a novelist and his carelessness about the technique of his art; he emphasizes the degree to which Scott's imagination was visual; and he traces Scott's part in revolutionizing the status of the novel, and in making us more aware than ever before of historical perspectives.
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In this 1958 study, Ian Jack examines Walter Scott's merits as a novelist and his carelessness about the technique of his art; he emphasizes the degree to which Scott's imagination was visual; and he traces Scott's part in revolutionizing the status of the novel, and in making us more aware than ever before of historical perspectives.
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