SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771 - 1832):
CRUSADERS, MINSTRELS AND STUART KINGS

OUTLINE of an ADULT EDUCATION COURSE
OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2007
Six Two-Hour Sessions
for Montreat College, NC -- MCCALL

Led by Patrick and Mary Killough

{A WORK IN EARLY PROGRESS}
SESSION  ONE
    A.      INTRODUCTION. OVERVIEW. LIFE OF SCOTT (1771 - 1832)

COURSE CONTENTS: SCOTT AS HISTORY. Scott's Poetry and Prose are presented chronologically by the historical age described or visited.

    B.    EARLY BRITAIN. THE CRUSADES (PART ONE)

-- HAROLD THE DAUNTLESS.  [Durham, England. 10th or 11th Century]

-- COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS. [Crusaders Pass Through Constantinople in 1097.]
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SESSION  TWO
    A.    THE NOVELIST.

Scott created both the historical and the political novel. "Framing" of the plot is Scott's signature literary technique.
    B.  THREE NOVELS OF RICHARD THE LION-HEART

-- THE BETROTHED [the Welsh Marches during the reign of Henry II (1154–1189)

-- THE TALISMAN). [the Third Crusade, triggered by the 1187 Muslim conquest  of Jerusalem and most of  Palestine,]

--  IVANHOE.  [England, late 12th C.]
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SESSION  THREE

    A. POEMS AND NOVELS AS INTRODUCTIONS TO HISTORY

    B. EUROPE 1307 - 1513. THE WARS OF THE ROSES AND GLIMPSES OF  EARLY KINGS OF SCOTLAND.

-- THE LORD OF THE ISLES.  [POEM. In 1307 Robert Bruce returns to Scotland. Wins the battle of Bannockburn.]

--  THE FAIR MAID OF PERTH.  [Late 1300s during the reign of Robert III of Scotland.]

-- ANNE OF GEIERSTEIN. [ Switzerland and Burgundy. shortly after the battle of Tewkesbury (1471), when Yorkist king Edward IV finally defeated the Lancastrians.]

--  MARMION. [POEM. Scotland is shattered at Battle of Flodden Field, September 1513.]
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SESSION  FOUR
    A.  THE REFORMATION IN SCOTLAND

-- THE MONASTERY.  [ Sept. 10, 1547:Scotland. Battle of Pinkie Cleugh ]

-- THE ABBOT [1560s]
    B. ENGLAND FROM 1560 to 1678.

-- KENILWORTH.   [England, 16th Century. Queen Elizabeth]

-- THE FORTUNES OF NIGEL.  [England. +/- 1610, James VI and I]

-- WOODSTOCK. 1651/1652 to 1660. Charles II Pursued by Cromwell.

-- PEVERIL OF THE PEAK. [England, 1678 "Popish Plot"]
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SESSION  FIVE
 
SCOTLAND 1690 - 1737


-- THE PIRATE. Shetland and Orkney Islands around 1690.

-- THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR. +/- 1700. The old order passes in Scotland.

-- THE TALE OF OLD MORTALITY  [Scotland1727?]

-- THE HEART OF MIDLOTHIAN Scotland, England, 1737 and later. King George II.]
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SESSION  SIX 
 
LAST HURRAH OF THE STUARTS.
OTHER WRITINGS OF SCOTT.
ABBOTSFORD.
THE WALTER SCOTT OPERAS.  
WALTER SCOTT'S LASTING IMPACT.

    A. SCOTLAND 1745 - 1767.

--1814.  WAVERLEY: 'TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE.
--1824.  REDGAUNTLET:. An imagined last hurrah of Bonnie Prince Charlie.   [1767]
    B. LESSER WORKS. SUMMING UP.

Scott as Editor: Dryden, Swift.

Scott as Historian: Tales for his Grandson. Napoleon Buonaparte.

Polemicist and Journalist.

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APPENDIX: 

--For Works of Scott in chronological order, plus books about Scott, relevant texts on Scotland and some book reviews by Patrick Killough
 see http://www.patrickkillough.com/books/sirws.html

--For Reasons to read Scott see  http://www.patrickkillough.com/history/sirws_present.html

Black Mountain, North Carolina 02/23/2007