The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance Page 4
CHAPTER VIII - SCOTT AND THE NOVEL OF TERROR.
Scott's review of fashionable fiction in the Preface to_Waverley_; his early attempts at Gothic story in _Thomas theRhymer_ and _The Lord of Ennerdale_; his enthusiasm for Buerger's_Lenore_ and for Lewis's ballads; his interest in demonology andwitchcraft; his attitude to the supernatural; his hints to thewriters of ghost-stories; his own experiments; Wandering Willie'sTale, a masterpiece of supernatural horror; the use of thesupernatural in the Waverley Novels; Scott, the supplanter of thenovel of terror. Pp.145-156.