Wandering Willie's Tale | Essays and Criticism

  • The Supernatural

    Goldfarb has a Ph.D. in English and has published two books on the Victorian author William Makepeace Thackeray. In the following essay, Goldfarb discusses the interaction of the themes in ‘‘Wandering Willie’s Tale’’ and the connection of the tale to the novel in which it appears.

  • Scott's Writing: Personal Experience and Literary Study

    Kerschen has a master’s degree in Creative Writing and a doctorate in literature and has taught English on the secondary and college levels as well as writing for a variety of media. In the following essay, she points out the sources for the storyline in ‘‘Wandering Willie’s Tale.’’

  • Good and Evil

    Bussey holds a Master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature. She is an independent writer specializing in literature. In the following essay, she examines Scott’s presentation of the battle between good and evil on Earth in Wandering Willie’s Tale.