Editing Ivanhoe (section)

==Reception==
Most of the original reviewers gave ''Ivanhoe'' an enthusiastic or broadly favourable reception.<ref>For a full list of contemporaneous British reviews of ''Ivanhoe'' see William S. Ward, ''Literary Reviews in British Periodicals, 1798‒1820: A Bibliography'', 2 vols (New York and London, 1972), 2.488‒89. For an earlier annotated list see James Clarkson Corson, ''A Bibliography of Sir Walter Scott'' (Edinburgh and London, 1943), 230‒31.</ref>
As usual, Scott's descriptive powers and his ability to present the matters of the past were generally praised. More than one reviewer found the work notably poetic. Several of them found themselves transported imaginatively to the remote period of the novel, although some problems were recognised: the combining of features from the high and late Middle Ages; an awkwardly created language for the dialogue; and antiquarian overload. The author's excursion into England was generally judged a success, the forest outlaws and the creation of 'merry England' attracting particular praise. Rebecca was almost unanimously admired, especially in her farewell scene. The plot was either criticised for its weakness, or just regarded as of less importance than the scenes and characters. The scenes at Torquilstone were judged horrible by several critics, with special focus on Ulrica. Athelstane's resurrection found no favour, the kindest response being that of Francis Jeffrey in ''[[The Edinburgh Review]]'' who suggested (writing anonymously, like all the reviewers) that it was 'introduced out of the very wantonness of merriment'.

[[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]], who was a devotee of Scott's, wrote a poetical illustration to a picture of {{ws|[[s:Letitia Elizabeth Landon (L. E. L.) in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1838/The Tournament|The Tournament]]}} by [[Thomas Allom]] in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1838.<ref>{{cite book|last =Landon|first=Letitia Elizabeth|title=Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1838|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=49BbAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PA6-IA10|section=picture|year=1837|publisher=Fisher, Son & Co.}}{{cite book|last =Landon|first=Letitia Elizabeth|title=Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1838|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=49BbAAAAQAAJ&pg=GBS.PA6-IA12|section=poetical illustration|page=9|year=1837|publisher=Fisher, Son & Co.}}</ref>

The [[Eglinton Tournament of 1839]] held by [[Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton|the 13th Earl of Eglinton]] at [[Eglinton Castle]] in Ayrshire was inspired by and modelled on ''Ivanhoe''.

On 5 November 2019, ''[[BBC News]]'' included ''Ivanhoe'' on its list of the [[BBC's 100 Most Inspiring Novels|100 most influential novels]].<ref name=Bbc2019-11-05/>