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Susan Ferrier (1782–1854) was born #OTD, 7 Sept. Her 3 novels – 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, & 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 – are vivid & humorous accounts of Scottish society. Often compared to her contemporary Jane Austen, Ferrier’s satires are much more vicious…

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https://www.nls.uk/collections/stories/literature-and-poetry/susan-ferrier-and-her-contemporaries/

#Scottish #literature #Regency #18thcentury #19thCentury #romanticism #WomenWriters #SusanFerrier #JaneAusten #humour #satire

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Characters on the Scott Monument: Their Stories
7 November, Edinburgh Central Library. Free, ticketed

The statuettes on Edinburgh’s Scott Monument show characters from Walter Scott’s poems & novels. This talk will examine the statuettes & show how they shed light on Scott’s works.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/characters-on-the-scott-monument-their-stories-tickets-1999689835127

#Scottish #literature #sculpture #19thcentury #Victorian #visualart #sculpture #WalterScott #romanticism #Edinburgh #memorial

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James Macpherson, of “Ossian” fame – poems derived partly from songs & legends in Gaelic oral tradition – was born #OTD, 27 October, 1736. The “Ossian” poems were a global sensation, & are foundational texts of European romanticism & of modern fantasy literature

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🖼️: Ingres, Le Songe d’Ossian

#Scottish #literature #Macpherson #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #poetry #Ossian #18thcentury #romanticism #fantasy #epic

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27d

Walter Scott’s Chapbook Collection
22 October, Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh – free

Walter Scott owned at least 2500 chapbooks & items of popular print, making the Abbotsford chapbook collection one of the most significant anywhere in the world. Professors Gerard Carruthers & Alison Lumsden will explore the collection, discuss how Scott used it, & suggest what it can tell us about him & his legacy.

https://www.scottsabbotsford.com/about/from-the-baskets-of-travelling-pedlars-to-abbotsford

#Scottish #literature #WalterScott #romanticism #bookhistory

FROM THE BASKETS OF TRAVELLING PEDLARS TO ABBOTSFORD: WALTER SCOTT’S CHAPBOOK COLLECTION
22nd October 2026

Join Professors Gerard Carruthers and Alison Lumsden to discover the remarkable story of Sir Walter Scott’s chapbook collection.

Scott was believed to have owned around one hundred chapbooks, collected by him from stalls as a boy. However, the work of the Abbotsford Chapbook Project has revealed that he owned at least 2500 chapbooks and items of popular print, making the Abbotsford chapbook collection one of the most significant anywhere in the world.

Moreover, this is Walter Scott’s collection, and this fascinating body of material dealing with folk belief, popular song and story, and the political hot topics of the day reveals Scott’s interest in popular culture and the stories that were circulating in cheap print forms. It also provided him with a wealth of material to draw on for his own poems and novels, and in turn his own work made its way into chapbook form, thus reaching wide audiences.

This talk will explore the significance of the Abbotsford chapbook and popular print collection, discuss how Scott used it, and suggest what it might add to our understanding of him and his legacy.

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Allan Ramsay (1684–1758) – poet, playwright, founder of modern #Scots writing, & with a fair claim to be the father of Romanticism – was born #OTD, 15 October. A 🎂 🧵 …

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🖼️ Allan Ramsay, 1684–1758, by William Aikman – Scottish National Portrait Gallery

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/3526

#Scottish #literature #18thcentury #romanticism #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #drama #theatre #theatrehistory