Sir Walter Scott

by Harriet Harvey Wood

Published 1 June 2006
Providing a brief account of the life of Sir Walter Scott, this text charts his development as a poet and novelist, and justifies his claims to attention as a major 19th century novelist and a seminal influence on later writers.

Two Scots Chaucerians

by Harriet Harvey Wood

Published 1 November 1967
A volume in the Writers and Their Work series, which draws upon recent thinking in English studies to introduce writers and their contexts. Each volume includes biographical material, an examination of recent criticism, a bibliography and a reappraisal of a major work by the writer.