tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post8625853016627100640..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Barnaby Rudge, Walter Scott, and the dull Dickens heroAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-668406130202040602008-06-04T14:33:00.000-05:002008-06-04T14:33:00.000-05:00This must be right. The Scott heroes may not be th...This must be right. The Scott heroes may not be the most interesting characters in the history of the novel, but Jeanie Deans is alive in Scott's imaginative world. It's all made up, of course, but also logical in its own way.<BR/><BR/>Dickens had to figure out how to create similar people who could breathe in his own world.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-71456366055142224302008-06-04T12:51:00.000-05:002008-06-04T12:51:00.000-05:00Why is this sort of noble and virtuous hero more i...<I>Why is this sort of noble and virtuous hero more interesting in Scott’s hands than in Dickens? They somehow do not exist in Dickens’ world, richer than Scott’s in almost every other way.</I><BR/><BR/>That's a very interesting question. I wonder if the answer lies in the historical richness of Scott's novels--the extraordinary particularity and detail of his contexts. (This same quality, of course, is what can kill the novels for some readers.) Jeanie Deans, for instance, is virtuous in a very historically specific way--also, she's heroically virtuous, going out and acting on her principles, not just sitting around being exemplary.Rohan Maitzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12111722115617352412noreply@blogger.com