Hello all, this is Meg (Margaret) Russett, a professor of English who specializes in things Romantic. I’m using this blog mainly to re-publish some pieces of writing that have gone by the wayside, or just never made it on to the internet. The first entry in this category is a short essay on Walter Scott’s narrative poem The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805)–yes, that’s the Scott who wrote Ivanhoe. If you’ve never read (or heard of) the poem, maybe this essay will pique your interest enough to read on. A quick Google search will yield many electronic versions of the poem. Here’s the link to my essay, along with a couple of pictures to whet your curiosity. The photo is late nineteenth-century; the painting is by the great landscape artist J. M. W. Turner.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-e&q=russett+to+view+fair+melrose#ip=1