Caroline McCracken-Flesher and Matthew Wickman (eds), Walter Scott at 250: Looking Forward.

This collection of essays, titled "Walter Scott at 250: Looking Forward," commemorates the 250th anniversary of Walter Scott's birth and aims to highlight his continued relevance in the twenty-first century. The essays cover a range of topics, including negotiations of time and space, capitalism and economics, literary form, performance and politics, gender, and the climate catastrophe. The collection begins with an overview of Scott's legacy and the resurgence of interest in his work in recent decades. Subsequent chapters explore Scott's representation of history and temporality, his insights into economics and meritocracy, his experiences with debt and its relevance to contemporary academia, his engagement with performance and gender, and his relationship to the environment. The collection concludes by affirming Scott's value as a subject of interdisciplinary inquiry and a figure who offers insights into various fields of study. [Extracted from the article]

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