Heyday of Sir Walter Scott

<p>First published in 1961 this book examines a number of works popular in the Romantic period during the heyday of Sir Walter Scott in the early part of the nineteenth century. </p><p>Encompassing works by the likes of Alexander Pushkin Sir Walter Scott Adam Mickiewicz and James Fenimore Cooper this is also a meditation on the nature of Romanticism and its enduring value as expressed in the novel form. Donald Davie also considers the meaning and importance of ‘plot’ and of ‘realism’. </p>