Why Walter Scott's poetry is still relevant today – Professor Alison Lumsden
Scott was an important public and cultural figure; his novels contributed to an international understanding of Scotland and show the effect historical events have on the lives of ordinary people.
His home at Abbotsford provides a powerful reminder of the connections he saw between the objects we gather from the past and storytelling. However, it was as a poet that Scott began his career.
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Hide AdThe Walter Scott Research Centre at the University of Aberdeen has been awarded major funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to continue work on a ten-volume edition of Scott’s poetry, with the aim of bringing it to wider audiences.