Ivanhoe (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- First Published: 1819
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Romance
- Time of Work: 1194
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction, Adventure
- Subjects: Love or romance, Mistaken or secret identity, England or English people, Kings, queens, or royalty, Loyalty, Middle Ages, Knights or knighthood, Chivalry
- Locales: England, Sherwood Forest, England
Places Discussed
*Don River. Tributary of the Humber River, which drains much of north-central England into the North Sea, described by Scott as soft and gentle. The town of Doncaster is on the upper Don River. The territory south of the Humber and east of the Don is a beautiful valley that includes on the bank of the Don south of Doncaster the Saxon castle of Conisbrough, which Scott uses as the backdrop for much of his story.
*Pennine Hills. Mountain range that forms the backbone of England and marks the western boundary for the events in Ivanhoe. Warncliffe...
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