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EBOOK Afterlives of Walter Scott:Memory on the Move
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191636424
EAN: 502D309FEB
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Stron: 328
Data wydania: 2012
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Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was once a household name, but 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 and the        'social life' of literary texts across several generations and multiple media.She        pays attention to the remediation of the Waverley novels as they travelled into        painting, the theatre, and material culture, as well as to the role of 'Scott' as a        memory site in the public sphere for a century after his death. Using a wide range        of examples and supported by many illustrations,Rigney demonstrates how remembering        Scott's work helped shape national and transnational identities up to World War One,        and contributed to the emergence of the idea of an English-speaking world        encompassing Scotland, the British Empire and the United States. Scott's work forged        a potent alliance between memory, literature, and identity that was eminently suited        to modernization. His legacy continues in the widespread belief that engaging with        the past is a condition for transcendingit.

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