Talk:Waverley (novel)
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[edit] Source of the title 'Waverley'
I have read elsewhere that Scott was inspired to take the title 'Waverley' from Waverley Abbey near Farnham in Surrey. Can anyone verify this? John Owen Smith 09:43, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pieces on Waverley from Wikisource
I need to re-read and get back to this when I'm more awake, however the following are references that may be worthy of reference in this article:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Spirit_of_the_Age/Sir_Walter_Scott - Refers repeatedly to scott as 'the author of waverley'
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/On_Denoting - An article on logic, but interestingly the argument of whether or not Scott wrote Waverley is used as an example:
If a is identical with b, whatever is true of the one is true of the other, and either may be substituted for the other in any proposition without altering the truth or falsehood of that proposition. Now George IV wished to know whether Scott was the author of Waverley; and in fact Scott was the author of Waverley. Hence we may substitute Scott for the author of 'Waverley', and thereby prove that George IV wished to know whether Scott was Scott. Yet an interest in the law of identity can hardly be attributed to the first gentleman of Europe.
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Adullam - 1911 Encyclopedia - "From the description of Adullam as the resort of "every one that was in distress," or "in debt," or "discontented," it has often been humorously alluded to, notably by Sir Walter Scott, who puts the expression into the mouth of the Baron of Bradwardine in Waverley, chap. lvii., and also of Balfour of Burley in Old Mortality."
Silverthorn 17:57, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Literary Criticism
The Waverley Hypertext Project http://seneca.uab.es/SCOTT/ may be useful for the expanding the literary criticism aspect of this article. Silverthorn 12:16, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] To Do
I have attempted to expand the article using the novels article template as a guide. However, there still seem to be things to do:
- infobox tagged as incomplete - can this be improved?
- literary criticism - I've made a start, but this seems to be a section that requires expansion given Waverley's place in literary history.
- references from other works - does anyone know of any works that allude to Waverley that we should add?
- film/television/radio adaptations - do any exist that we should be aware of?
Silverthorn 17:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
