Walter Scott’s third narrative poem,
The Lady of the Lake,
was published on 8th May 1810. The plot is geographically and culturally located on the Highland/Lowland border around Loch Katrine, the Trossachs and the Western Highlands of Perthshire, and in Stirling. Since the story involves James V of Scotland (1512-42) as a young adult, subsequent to his visits to France, the action is set in the mid or late 1530s.
The Lady of the Laketherefore can be considered in some ways a sequel to Scott’s previous historical narrative poem
Marmion(1808), which concluded with the Battle of Flodden (1513) at which James IV died. Scott had expressed his intention to work with a Highland setting at least five years before publication of
The Lady of the Lake, and had deferred that plan at the time he…
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Citation: Oliver, Susan. "The Lady of the Lake". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 August 2005 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=423, accessed 22 November 2024.]
