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The Lady of the Lake
Set in the Scottish Highlands, it weaves together three dramatic plots: a romantic rivalry among three men vying for Ellen Douglas's love, a conflict between an exiled noble and King James V of Scotland, and a brewing war between Lowland and Highland forces.
"The Lady of the Lake" by Walter Scott is a narrative poem. Set in the Scottish Highlands, it weaves together three dramatic plots: a romantic rivalry among three men vying for Ellen Douglas's love, a conflict between an exiled noble and King James V of Scotland, and a brewing war between Lowland and Highland forces.
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Each canto is introduced by one or more Spenserian stanzas, 5 forming a kind of prelude to it. Those prefixed to the first canto serve as an introduction to the whole poem, which is "inspired by the spirit of the old Scottish minstrelsy."
- Witch-elm. The broad-leaved or wych elm (Ulmus montana), indigenous to Scotland. Forked branches of the tree were used in the olden time as divining-rods, and riding switches from it were supposed to insure good luck on a journey. In the closing stanzas of the poem (vi. 846) it is called the "wizard elm." Tennyson (In Memoriam, 89) refers to
Contents
- 01Preface
- 02Argument.
- 03The Lady of the Lake.
- 04Canto First.
- 05The Chase.
- 06Canto Second.
- 07The Island.
- 08Canto Third.
- 09The Gathering.
- 10Canto Fourth.
- 11The Prophecy.
- 12Canto Fifth.
- 13The Combat.
- 14Canto Sixth.
- 15The Guard-room.
- 16Abbreviations Used in the Notes.
- 17Notes.
- 18Introduction.
- 19Canto First.
- 20Canto Second.
- 21Canto Third.
- 22Canto Fourth.
- 23Canto Fifth.
- 24Canto Sixth.
- 25Addendum.
- 26Footnotes:
About this edition
- Author
- Walter Scott
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 196 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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