"The Lady of the Lake" 1873 Scott, Sir Walter

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SCOTT, Sir Walter

[280] pp.

A. & C. Black

1873

5 1/2" x 3 5/8"

w/ tartanware boards

The Lady … Read more SCOTT, Sir Walter

[280] pp.

A. & C. Black

1873

5 1/2" x 3 5/8"

w/ tartanware boards

The Lady of the Lake is a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1810. Set in the Trossachs region of Scotland, it is composed of six cantos, each of which concerns the action of a single day. There are voluminous antiquarian notes. The poem has three main plots: the contest among three men, Roderick Dhu, James Fitz-James, and Malcolm Graeme, to win the love of Ellen Douglas; the feud and reconciliation of King James V of Scotland and James Douglas; and a war between the Lowland Scots (led by James V) and the Highland clans (led by Roderick Dhu of Clan Alpine). The poem was tremendously influential in the nineteenth century, and inspired the Highland Revival. See less