This is a major, sophisticated book which looks at Scott in relation to that 'modernity' which is usually claimed to have its roots in the Enlightenment and whose possible supersession by way of the 'postmodern' dominates contemporarry cultural debate.
Claire Lamont, University of Newcastle Scott is becoming more widely recognized as a figure of central importance in British Romanticism ... Read moreas well as in the history of the novel and as a generative figure in the development of Scottish literature. Lincoln's persuasive and incisive book clarifies the political and philosophical as well as literary terms of that achievement.
Ian Duncan, University of California, Berkeley a solid and significant contribution to Scott criticism
Evan Gottlieb European Romantic Review [Lincoln's] treatment of The Heart of Mid-Lothian should be singled out for its skilful framing of the novel within the history of Anglo-Scottish relations. Walter Scott and Modernity extends the practice of creating a "useable past" to literary history. This is a major, sophisticated book which looks at Scott in relation to that 'modernity' which is usually claimed to have its roots in the Enlightenment and whose possible supersession by way of the 'postmodern' dominates contemporarry cultural debate. Scott is becoming more widely recognized as a figure of central importance in British Romanticism as well as in the history of the novel and as a generative figure in the development of Scottish literature. Lincoln's persuasive and incisive book clarifies the political and philosophical as well as literary terms of that achievement. a solid and significant contribution to Scott criticism Show Less