Scott, Sir Walter - Teut Andreas Riese (essay date 1973)
Teut Andreas Riese (essay date 1973)
SOURCE: "Sir Walter Scott as a Master of the Short Tale," in Festschrift Prof Dr. Herbert Koziol zum Siebzigsten Geburtstag, edited by Gero Bauer, Franz Stanzel, and Franz Zaic, Wilhelm Braumüller, 1973, pp. 255-65.
[In the following essay, Riese compares the narrative structure of Scott's short stories to that of his novels, focusing on "Wandering Willie's Tale," "The Highland Widow," and "The Two Drovers."]
Sir Walter Scott's short narratives, though never entirely neglected, have always been overshadowed by his achievement as a novelist whose strength lies rather in breadth of scope and a leisurely unfolding of the plot than in the virtues essential to the art of the short tale: concentration and conciseness. Such a view is corroborated by the author's own insight into his way of practising the storyteller's craft. Reflecting on his method of composition—or, rather, on the lack of it—he writes...
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