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Ivanhoe is also remarkably Shakespearean in Scott’s use of supporting characters: opening the novel with Gurth the swineherd, rather than a king at court, would have been a novel (pun intended) move for a historical novelist in 1819, and is in keeping with Shakespeare’s focus on the common soldier in such plays as Henry V.
- Sir Walter Scott – Interesting Literature
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) Ivanhoe, Sir...
- Sir Walter Scott – Interesting Literature
Ivanhoe is the story of one of the remaining Anglo-Saxon noble families at a time when the nobility in England was overwhelmingly Norman. It follows the Saxon protagonist, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who is out of favour with his father for Sir Wilfred's allegiance to the Norman king Richard the Lionheart.
- Walter Scott
- 1820
Ivanhoe is a historical romance by Sir Walter Scott that was published in 1819. It concerns the life of Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a fictional Saxon knight, and is one of Scott’s most popular works.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Introduction to Ivanhoe. The Author of the Waverley Novels had hitherto proceeded in an unabated course of popularity, and might, in his peculiar district of literature, have been termed "L'Enfant Gate" of success.
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Dec 19, 2011 · Ivanhoe was the first novel in which Scott adopted a purely English subject, portraying the enmity of Saxons and Normans during the reign of Richard I (1189-99). Various explanations have been offered for Scott's decision to turn to medieval England.
Known as Ivanhoe. The son of Cedric; a Saxon knight who is deeply loyal to King Richard I. Ivanhoe was disinherited by his father for following Richard to the Crusades, but he won great glory in the fighting and has been richly rewarded by the king. Ivanhoe is in love with his father's ward, the beautiful Rowena.
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