The afterlives of Walter Scott [electronic resource] : memory on the move /
by Rigney, Ann.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780191738784 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 -- Appreciation | Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 -- Adaptations | Collective memory and literature | Nationalism and literatureOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Sir Walter Scott, once an immensely popular writer, is now largely forgotten. This book explores how works like 'Waverley' 'Ivanhoe', and 'Rob Roy' percolated into all aspects of cultural and social life in the 19th century, and how his work continues to resonate into the present day even if Scott is no longer widely read.
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Sir Walter Scott, once an immensely popular writer, is now largely forgotten. This book explores how works like 'Waverley' 'Ivanhoe', and 'Rob Roy' percolated into all aspects of cultural and social life in the 19th century, and how his work continues to resonate into the present day even if Scott is no longer widely read.
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Includes index.
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