Abstract
Traces Walter Scott's interest in Sicily and Naples through his earlier writing up to his travels to both in 1831-1832, discusses his treatment of Neapolitan history and politics in essays in 1816 and 1829, especially his accounts of Joachim Murat (1767-1815), king of Naples from 1808-1815, and in Masaniello, leader of the popular rising in 1647-48, and suggests how these interests connect to Scott's unfinished short novel Bizarro, written in 1832 but first published in 2008, so unavailable to earlier Scott scholars.
Recommended Citation
Tulloch, Graham
(2022)
"Walter Scott, the Two Sicilies, and Events ‘of Recent Date’,"
Studies in Scottish Literature:
Vol. 48:
Iss.
2, 135–147.
DOI: 10.51221/suc.ssl.2023.48.2.10
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol48/iss2/12