Course | Waverley and Emma: Reading Walter Scott and Jane Austen Together | Virtual
On the publication of Waverley, Jane Austen wrote “Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones.” Austen’s admiration for Scott was reciprocated. We will discuss the ways in which these iconic writers set the pattern for the development of the novel and explore how they dealt with the concerns of their times in their own ground-breaking ways.
Book Club | The Rosenbach Book Club, in Partnership with Abbotsford: The Home of Sir Walter Scott | Virtual
Join the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Abbotsford: The Home of Sir Walter Scott, in the Scottish Lowlands for a transatlantic book club experience! As the United States commemorates 250 years of independence and we mark 210 years since the publication of Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel The Antiquary, the book club will consider how national identity has been formed and reforged via history, literature, and culture in both Scotland the U.S.
Book Club | The Rosenbach Book Club, in Partnership with Abbotsford: The Home of Sir Walter Scott | Virtual
Join the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Abbotsford: The Home of Sir Walter Scott, in the Scottish Lowlands for a transatlantic book club experience! As the United States commemorates 250 years of independence and we mark 210 years since the publication of Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel The Antiquary, the book club will consider how national identity has been formed and reforged via history, literature, and culture in both Scotland the U.S.
Book Club | The Rosenbach Book Club, in Partnership with Abbotsford: The Home of Sir Walter Scott | Virtual
Join the Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Abbotsford: The Home of Sir Walter Scott, in the Scottish Lowlands for a transatlantic book club experience! As the United States commemorates 250 years of independence and we mark 210 years since the publication of Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel The Antiquary, the book club will consider how national identity has been formed and reforged via history, literature, and culture in both Scotland the U.S.