Melanie Bush UK
Extracts and Analects of an eminent author
Original book title: 'Biographical Memoirs of Eminent Novelists and other Distinguished Persons'
I have made two responses to this book. As it is nearly 200 years old, I was loath to destroy it. I researched its history, and was intrigued to find out about Scott's prolific publication in his latter years, to pay off huge debts. Having already explored extracts from the book, particularly looking at the wonderful use of language and the illustrations, I decided to bring it all together in a contemporary publishing method - print on demand, into which I added more extracts; thus linking it to my other response. I became very attached to the original book through such prolonged interaction with it.

Melanie.bush@northampton.ac.uk
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