Poet, novelist, biographer, critic, translator, editor, historian, antiquarian, and collector of literary curiosities, Scott was especially well loved for his representations of the culture and scenery of his native Scotland. His initial fame derived from Romantic poems such as The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805), Marmion (1808), and The Lady of the Lake (1810). But though he continued to publish poetry, it became apparent to Scott by the time The Lady of the Lake appeared that public taste was changing, and he responded by turning most of his attention to novel writing, inaugurating the "Waverly Novels" series with Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since (1814). Among the many novels and tales that followed, the most important include Guy Mannering (1815), The Antiquary (1816), Rob Roy (1817), The Heart of Midlothian (1818), The Bride of Lammermoor (1819), Ivanhoe (1819), Kenilworth (1821), and Redgauntlet (1824). Scott also produced important literary biographies of Dryden and Swift, and an extensive body of literary criticism, authoring prefaces to reissues of major works and discussing some of the most memorable literary works of the early nineteenth century as a reviewer for Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, the Edinburgh Review, the Quarterly Review, and other periodicals.