Afterlives of Walter Scott: Memory on the Move

by Ann Rigney

Book Overview

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a household name in the nineteenth century; once an immensely popular writer, he is now largely forgotten. This book explores how Scott's work became an all-pervasive point of reference for cultural memory and collective identity in the nineteenth century, and why it no longer has this role. Ann Rigney breaks new ground in memory studies and the study of literary reception by examining the dynamics of cultural memory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199644012
• ISBN13: 9780199644018
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"