Walter Scott, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border

Susan Oliver (University of Essex)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.06: English Writing and Culture of the Romantic Period, 1789-1837.
Vol. editors: Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Daniel Robinson (Widener University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1802 - 1803

Places

Scotland (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Anthology/ Collection
Poem collection

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Walter Scott published his first major work,

Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border: consisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland; with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition,

in January 1802. Printed in Kelso, near Edinburgh, by Scott's friend James Ballantyne, published in the Strand, London, by Cadell and Davies, and sold both in London and Edinburgh and Scotland, the initial two volumes contained 52 assorted ballads classified as “Historical”, “Romantic” or as modern “Imitations”. The

Minstrelsy

was an immediate literary and commercial success. Following an encouraging review in the January 1803 number of the newly established

Edinburgh Review

(for which Scott contributed articles until political differences led him…

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Citation: Oliver, Susan. "Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 13 April 2005 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=3542, accessed 18 April 2024.]

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