Research Catalog

Title

The siege of Malta and Bizarro / Walter Scott ; edited by J.H. Alexander, Judy King, and Graham Tulloch.

Author

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

Publication

[Edinburgh, Scotland] : Edinburgh University Press, c2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Alexander, J. H. (John H.)
• Tulloch, Graham, 1947-
• King, Judy, 1947-

Description

xiv, 511 p. : maps; 23 cm. +

Summary

"The Siege of Malta and Bizarro are Scott's final works, written in Malta and Italy at the end of 1831 and the beginning of 1832. Although extracts from The Siege of Malta have been published, this is the first complete edition. Bizarro has not been available in print until now." "The Siege of Malta begins as a novel but ends as a historical account of the extraordinary defence of Malta by the Order of St John of Jerusalem and their Maltese helpers against much larger Muslim forces. It is an epic tale of endurance, resulting in inevitable defeat for some of the Knights, and for the rest, in the most hard-won of victories, setting the scene for the subsequent development of the Maltese nation." "In the novella Bizarro Scott takes up the story of a notorious Calabrian brigand of the early nineteenth century. Scott's fictionalised account draws on his experience of visiting Naples and its surroundings and his earlier knowledge of Neapolitan history to tell a tale of passion, murder and revenge with a level of violence rarely seen in his earlier work. Though incomplete, Bizarro shows Scott had not lost his power to tell a good story in this, his very last piece of fiction."--Jacket.

Uniform Title

• Siege of Malta
• University press scholarship online.

Alternative Title

• Siege of Malta
• Bizarro.

Subject

• Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
• Scott, Walter, 1771-1832. > Criticism, Textual
• Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 > Travel > Mediterranean Region
• Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
• 1565
• Malta > History > Literature and the siege. > Siege, 1565

Genre/Form

• Historical fiction
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History

Note

• Accompanying CD-ROM contains scans of the manuscript pages.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

System Details (note)

• System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Siege of Malta -- Bizarro -- The Siege of Malta -- A Diplomatic Transcription of the Manuscript -- Bizarro -- A Diplomatic Transcription of the Manuscript -- Essay on the Text of The Siege of Malta -- Essay on the Text of Bizarro -- End-of-line Hyphens -- Historical Note on The Siege of Malta -- Historical Note on Bizarro -- Map: The Maltese Islands -- Map: The Grand Harbour and Marsamxett.

ISBN

• 9780748624874
• 0748624872

OCLC

• 226360321
• SCSB-12598933

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library