Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. STRUCTURE DEFINED -- II. THE ROMANCES -- III. THE CHRONICLES -- IV. THE MEDIOCRE HERO AND HISTORY -- V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS: STRUCTURE AS RHETORIC -- APPENDIX A: LIST OF SCOTT’S FICTION -- APPENDIX Β: CLASSIFICATION OF NOVELS -- APPENDIX C: SIGNIFICANTLY RECURRING ELEMENTS -- APPENDIX D: COMIC ROMANCES HAVING CRUCIAL STRUCTURE -- APPENDIX Ε: COMIC ROMANCES HAVING CLIMACTIC STRUCTURE -- APPENDIX F: SUMMARY OF THE CHRONICLES NOT DISCUSSED IN CHAPTER III -- APPENDIX G: THEMATICALLY SIGNIFICANT CONTRAST OF CULTURES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX