Sir Walter Scott, was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet. Many of his works remain classics and include
Ivanhoe,
Rob Roy,
Waverley,
The Heart of Midlothian and
The Bride of Lammermoor.
J. B. Ellis is a retired lecturer in English Literature, the University of Edinburgh.
J. H. Alexander is Reader Emeritus in English at the University of Aberdeen.
Peter Garside is an established scholar and experienced textual editor, well known in his field, and whose previous publications include critical editions of Scott, Hogg and Lockhart, all published by Edinburgh UniversityPress. He is also the author of a string of articles interrogating Lockhart’s treatment of key incidents in the Life, the latest of which is ‘Scott’s Last Words’ [Studies in Scottish Literature, 47/2 (Fall 2021), 25-40].
David Hewitt was formerly Regius Professor of English at the University of Aberdeen. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels, for which he edited Rob Roy (EUP, 2008), The Heart of Mid-Lothian (with Alison Lumsden; EUP, 2004), Redgauntlet (with G. A. M. Wood; EUP, 1997) and The Antiquary (EUP, 1995).
