FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
POETRY
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Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte
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Sir Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth
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William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Mary Shelley and Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Detailed explanation-1: -One of the most successful writers of historical novels is Hilary Mantel. Other writers of historical fiction include Philippa Gregory, Bernard Cornwell, Sarah Waters, Ken Follett, George Saunders, Shirley Hazzard and Julie Orringer.
Detailed explanation-2: -First published in four volumes in 1818, Scott’s historical novel ‘The Heart of Mid-Lothian’ is often considered to be one of his finest works. It was published shortly after his popular novel, ‘Rob Roy’. Real places and historical events, including the 1736 Porteous Riots, provided inspiration for the plot.
Detailed explanation-3: -Walter Scott was admired by his contemporaries Goethe, Pushkin and Balzac, and celebrated by Lukács as the founder of the historical novel. He was born in Edinburgh 250 years ago on 15 August 1771.
Detailed explanation-4: -Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels Ivanhoe (1819), Rob Roy (1817), Waverley (1814), Old Mortality (1816), The Heart of Mid-Lothian (1818), and The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), along with the narrative poems Marmion (1808) and The Lady of the Lake (1810).