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In \"Waverley\", \"Rob Roy\", \"Old Mortality\", and \"The Hearth of Midlothian\", says Beiderwell, Scott tests the power he upholds against its most unpleasant expression. These early novels provide a tentative yet wide-ranging commentary on the issues raised by scenes of punishment. In Scott's later fiction - most notably \"Ivanhoe\", \"The Talisman\" and \"Redgauntlet\" -\" The critical tendencies of realism are dispelled by the powerful wishes that shape romance\", writes Beiderwell. Moral ambiguity dissolves, as Scott gives voice to a vision in which victory is always associated with justice and punishment with guilt. Beiderwell argues that realism and romance function as opposing modes of response to the vexing problems raised by punishment. This division, he notes, follows Scott's own conventional understanding of genre and marks the critical and wishful tendencies of his work as well as of his surrounding political culture. \"Power and Punishment in Scott's Novels\" places the author of the Waverley novels in the context of his times and in so doing, claims a place for his in our own.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50095877783825,"sku":"CIN0820313513G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0820313513.jpg?v=1751139304"},{"product_id":"literary-experience-compact-edition-with-2016-mla-update-card-book-bruce-beiderwell-9781337284219","title":"The Literary Experience, Compact Edition (with 2016 MLA Update Card)","description":"Rather than focusing first on terms or definitions, THE LITERARY EXPERIENCE, COMPACT EDITION helps you develop the skills that make literature accessible, organizing the book and beginning each discussion by asking the same questions that students ask themselves when they read a text, such as �What is happening here?� or �Is there some other story that we�re supposed to know?� With THE LITERARY EXPERIENCE, you�ll learn all of the literary terms you need to share your experience while you engage in the poems, stories, and plays. 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