Eclectic English Classics: Lady of the Lake (Paperback)

from antiquary

I think this was the first of Scott's long poems I read. I recall being terrified by the "nonnday hag" while reading it in bed in my uncle's farmhouse in Maine

from thesmellofbooks

I loved this. My 1907 edition has copious footnotes which are fascinating reading, expanding on and explaining many of the references and word choices in the poem, and occasionally getting sniffy about some poetical crime or other that Scott has committed. The poem itself is a revelation. How man...

from kukulaj

My sweetheart loves Jane Austen, in every form - paper and ink, or audio readings, or DVDs of performances. In Persuasion, we are set to ponder: Lady of the Lake, or Marmion? It's a wonder to hear Sir Walter Scott held up as the examplar of a Golden Age of Poetry. Weren't Keats and Coleridge writ...

from antiquary

I think this was the first of Scott's long poems I read. I recall being terrified by the "nonnday hag" while reading it in bed in my uncle's farmhouse in Maine

from thesmellofbooks

I loved this. My 1907 edition has copious footnotes which are fascinating reading, expanding on and explaining many of the references and word choices in the poem, and occasionally getting sniffy about some poetical crime or other that Scott has committed. The poem itself is a revelation. How man...