Walter Scott on Monarchy: Royal Bodies and the Body Politic - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Tara Ghoshal WallaceSeries:Edinburgh Critical Studies in RomanticismPublish date:2025-03-31Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Edinburgh University PressISBN-13:9781399535816ISBN-10:1399535811UPC:9781399535816Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Subjects & Themes, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, ModernBook Topic:Historical Events, 19th CenturySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.1905Product ID:SCECA6ATV9
Walter Scott on Monarchy: Royal Bodies and the Body Politic
This book situates Walter Scott's novels on monarchy within both their historical contexts and biopolitical theory, particularly regarding the King's Two Bodies, a notion that, according to Ernst H. Kantorowicz, raises 'the spectre of an absolutism. . .in an abstract physiological fiction.' It attends to Scott's careful calibration of the historical record behind each novel while noting that his...
Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism
Language:EnglishPublisher:Edinburgh University PressISBN-13:9781399535816ISBN-10:1399535811UPC:9781399535816Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Subjects & Themes, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, ModernBook Topic:Historical Events, 19th CenturySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.1905Product ID:SCECA6ATV9
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