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Monarchy, Home and Nation in Scott’s The Fortunes of Nigel and The Heart of Mid-Lothian
Journal of Language, Literature and Culture ( IF 0.1 ) Pub Date : 2017-05-04 , DOI: 10.1080/20512856.2017.1348062
A. D. Cousins 1 , Dani Napton 1
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ABSTRACT For all their differences, Scott’s The Fortunes of Nigel and The Heart of Mid-Lothian have distinct similarities. Each has a morally upright protagonist and is set some years after a Scottish-English union has been effected. More important is that each depicts a journey from Scotland to England in search of justice at the monarch’s hand and, inseparably from that, the establishing of a secure domestic space – the creation of a home – that emblematises the concept of successfully co-existent English and Scottish cultural identities. Both novels are thus specifically concerned with the achievement of justice in Scotland by the then-British monarch located in England. The Fortunes of Nigel, set in the reign of James I, considers the factors – personal, political, theological and social – arguably contributing to the overthrow of Charles I’s sovereignty and the establishment of the Interregnum. The Heart of Mid-Lothian considers questions of rebellion and societal injustice within the framework of the Hanoverian dynastic rule over Britain, after the English Revolution and the Glorious Revolution. In that context of political upheaval, what is of particular interest is therefore the exploration of what could be called the continuum between home and nation in the two novels: the experiences of an insecure domestic space and of an unstable national identity by members of two different social classes, in two different historical periods, under two different yet sequent monarchies.

中文翻译:

斯科特《奈杰尔的命运》和《中洛特人的心》中的君主制,家庭和民族

摘要尽管存在差异,但斯科特的《奈杰尔的命运》和《中洛特人的心》有着截然不同的相似之处。每一个都有一个道德正直的主角,是在苏格兰-英国联盟成立几年后成立的。更重要的是,每一个都描绘了一个从苏格兰到英国的旅程,以寻求君主伸张正义,并且与此密不可分的是,建立一个安全的家庭空间-建造房屋-象征着成功地并存英语的概念和苏格兰的文化认同。因此,这两本小说都特别关注当时位于英国的英国君主在苏格兰实现司法公正的问题。詹姆斯一世统治时期的《奈杰尔的命运》考虑了以下因素:个人因素,政治因素,神学的和社会的–可以说是推翻了查理一世的主权和建立了州际公墓的原因。在英国革命和光荣革命之后,汉诺威王朝对英国的统治下,中洛特人的心脏在考虑叛乱和社会不公的问题。因此,在政治动荡的背景下,特别令人感兴趣的是探索两本小说中所谓的家庭与国家之间的连续体:两个不同成员在不安全的家庭空间和不稳定的民族认同中的经历。在两个不同的历史时期,在两个不同而又相继的君主制下的社会阶级。在英国革命和光荣革命之后,汉诺威王朝对英国的统治下,中洛特人的心脏在考虑叛乱和社会不公的问题。因此,在政治动荡的背景下,特别令人感兴趣的是探索两本小说中所谓的家庭与国家之间的连续体:两个不同成员在不安全的家庭空间和不稳定的民族认同中的经历。在两个不同的历史时期,在两个不同而又相继的君主制下的社会阶级。在英国革命和光荣革命之后,汉诺威王朝对英国的统治下,中洛特人的中心思想起义和社会不公的问题。因此,在政治动荡的背景下,特别令人感兴趣的是探索两本小说中所谓的家庭与国家之间的连续体:两个不同成员在不安全的家庭空间和不稳定的民族认同中的经历。在两个不同的历史时期,在两个不同而又相继的君主制下的社会阶级。
更新日期:2017-05-04
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