The Lady of the Lake and Other Poems
Sir Walter Scott
(Signet / New American Library, Jan. 1, 1962)
Walter Scott gave Scottish history life and immediacy by investing it with a romantic dimension. In the Lady of the Lake and Marmion he evokes the color and mystery of the Highland past. He re-creates fierce clan uprisings, breathless nocturnal chases, passionate trysts... he endows his kings, warlocks, rebels and battle-shy youths, crazed hags and resplendent ladies with timeless character and heroic purpose. "Scott was a very great storyteller... his characters are unlike those of any other Scottish or English writer." - Edwin Muir.