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- Book Title
- Afterlives of Walter Scott : Memory on the Move
- ISBN
- 9780199644018
- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism
- Publication Name
- Afterlives of Walter Scott : Memory on the Move
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 8.7 in
- Subject
- General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Item Weight
- 19.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.7 in
- Number of Pages
- 328 Pages
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199644012
ISBN-13
9780199644018
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113362168
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
328 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Afterlives of Walter Scott : Memory on the Move
Subject
General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
19.3 Oz
Item Length
8.7 in
Item Width
5.7 in
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Scholarly & Professional
Reviews
"[This book shows] that scholarly interest in Scottish literature of this period is both alive and of a very high standard, illustrated by the quality of the writing itself, by the careful, extensive and well-documented notes, and the comprehensive bibliographies." --Andrew Monnickendam, European Romantic Review "Rigney's lucid, intelligent, well-researched book deserves the widest possible audience not only for what it tells us about the fate of Scott's fictions and influence, but also for what it teaches us about the intricate dance of cultural remembering and forgetting." --Evan Gottlieb, Journal of British Studies "This is an outstanding book which deftly shows the limitations of insistent disciplinary overreliance on text at the expense of considering its mediations. ... Rigney's book is full of complex concepts, sharp phrases and original approaches." --Murray Pittock, Scottish Literary Review "a highly original contribution...Rigneys work may prove procreative like Scotts, fertile in inspiring future works." --Jeffrey E. Jackson, Dickens Quarterly "a valuable extension of recent scholarship on the role of Scott's fiction in the development of the nation state and modernity" --David Buchanan, Journal of Victorian Culture "Rigney explores the "cultural importance and excitement generated by [Scott's] work"...At its heart this book is a study of memory and forgetting." --D.A. Henningfeld, Choice "As its title promises, this book advances the fields of literary reception, cultural memory, and poetic afterlife. Rarely have I so enjoyed a work of scholarship. Much of the book's appeal comes from its cogent analysis of surprising materials...With erudition and extensive research...it offers tools for analyzing the long-term reception of many books and authors." --Paul Westover, Review 19 "[a] thoughtful and thought-provoking book ... most useful for those reading her book are the instruments she uses - and how one can borrow and make use of them oneself. Particularly eye-opening (for me, at least) is the wholly persuasive last chapter ("How Long was Immortality?") and her argument that by historicizing the present - where we are - Scott opened the way for modernism and set up the constantly renovating processes ("make it new", as Pound instructed) which ensured his (Scott's) own inevitable eclipse. Scott's genius was to dig his own grave - but, mysteriously and manifestly, as Rigney shows, live on" --John Sutherland, Times Literary Supplement, "This book confronts head-on but sympathetically the discomfiting questions that arise when we consider the misfires of these nineteenth-century projects of memorialization." --Modern Language Quarterly: A Journal of Literary History "This is an important book, not just an amusing one. With erudition and extensive research, it promises no less than a "history to modern memory" (9), and it offers tools for analyzing the long-term reception of many books and authors." --Review 19 "Rigney's lucid, intelligent, well-researched book deserves the widest possible audience, not only for what it tells us about the fate of Scott's fictions and influence, but also for what it teaches us about the intricate dance of cultural remembering and forgetting." --Journal of British Studies, "[This book shows] that scholarly interest in Scottish literature of this period is both alive and of a very high standard, illustrated by the quality of the writing itself, by the careful, extensive and well-documented notes, and the comprehensive bibliographies." --Andrew Monnickendam, European Romantic Review "Rigney's lucid, intelligent, well-researched book deserves the widest possible audience not only for what it tells us about the fate of Scott's fictions and influence, but also for what it teaches us about the intricate dance of cultural remembering and forgetting." --Evan Gottlieb, Journal of British Studies "Rigney's book is full of complex concepts, sharp phrases and original approaches." --Murray Pittock, Scottish Literary Review "a highly original contribution...Rigneys work may prove procreative like Scotts, fertile in inspiring future works." --Jeffrey E. Jackson, Dickens Quarterly "a valuable extension of recent scholarship on the role of Scott's fiction in the development of the nation state and modernity" --David Buchanan, Journal of Victorian Culture "Rigney explores the "cultural importance and excitement generated by [Scott's] work"...At its heart this book is a study of memory and forgetting." --D.A. Henningfeld, Choice "As its title promises, this book advances the fields of literary reception, cultural memory, and poetic afterlife. Rarely have I so enjoyed a work of scholarship. Much of the book's appeal comes from its cogent analysis of surprising materials...With erudition and extensive research...it offers tools for analyzing the long-term reception of many books and authors." --Paul Westover, Review 19 "[a] thoughtful and thought-provoking book ... most useful for those reading her book are the instruments she uses - and how one can borrow and make use of them oneself. Particularly eye-opening (for me, at least) is the wholly persuasive last chapter ("How Long was Immortality?") and her argument that by historicizing the present - where we are - Scott opened the way for modernism and set up the constantly renovating processes ("make it new", as Pound instructed) which ensured his (Scott's) own inevitable eclipse. Scott's genius was to dig his own grave - but, mysteriously and manifestly, as Rigney shows, live on" --John Sutherland, Times Literary Supplement "This is an outstanding book which deftly shows the limitations of insistent disciplinary overreliance on text at the expense of considering its mediations...Rigney's book is full of complex concepts, sharp phrases and original approaches." --Caroline McCracken-Flesher, Scottish Literary Review, Richly illustrated ... Rigney breaks new ground in memory studies and the study of literary reception, "[This book shows] that scholarly interest in Scottish literature of this period is both alive and of a very high standard, illustrated by the quality of the writing itself, by the careful, extensive and well-documented notes, and the comprehensive bibliographies." --Andrew Monnickendam, European Romantic Review"Rigney's lucid, intelligent, well-researched book deserves the widest possible audience not only for what it tells us about the fate of Scott's fictions and influence, but also for what it teaches us about the intricate dance of cultural remembering and forgetting." --Evan Gottlieb, Journal of British Studies"This is an outstanding book which deftly shows the limitations of insistent disciplinary overreliance on text at the expense of considering its mediations. ... Rigney's book is full of complex concepts, sharp phrases and original approaches." --Murray Pittock, Scottish Literary Review"a highly original contribution...Rigney's work may prove procreative like Scott's, fertile in inspiring future works." --Jeffrey E. Jackson, Dickens Quarterly"a valuable extension of recent scholarship on the role of Scott's fiction in the development of the nation state and modernity" --David Buchanan, Journal of Victorian Culture "Rigney explores the "cultural importance and excitement generated by [Scott's] work"...At its heart this book is a study of memory and forgetting." --D.A. Henningfeld, Choice"As its title promises, this book advances the fields of literary reception, cultural memory, and poetic afterlife. Rarely have I so enjoyed a work of scholarship. Much of the book's appeal comes from its cogent analysis of surprising materials...With erudition and extensive research...it offers tools for analyzing the long-term reception of many books and authors." --Paul Westover, Review 19"[a] thoughtful and thought-provoking book ... most useful for those reading her book are the instruments she uses - and how one can borrow and make use of them oneself. Particularly eye-opening (for me, at least) is the wholly persuasive last chapter ("How Long was Immortality?") and her argument that by historicizing the present - where we are - Scott opened the way for modernism and set up the constantly renovating processes ("make it new", as Pound instructed) which ensured his (Scott's) own inevitable eclipse. Scott's genius was to dig his own grave - but, mysteriously and manifestly, as Rigney shows, live on" --John Sutherland, Times Literary Supplement, As its title promises, this book advances the fields of literary reception, cultural memory, and poetic afterlife. Rarely have I so enjoyed a work of scholarship. Much of the book's appeal comes from its cogent analysis of surprising materials ... With erudition and extensive research ... it offers tools for analyzing the long-term reception of many books and authors., "This is an important book, not just an amusing one. With erudition and extensive research, it promises no less than a "history to modern memory" (9), and it offers tools for analyzing the long-term reception of many books and authors." --Review 19 "Rigney's lucid, intelligent, well-researched book deserves the widest possible audience, not only for what it tells us about the fate of Scott's fictions and influence, but also for what it teaches us about the intricate dance of cultural remembering and forgetting." --Journal of British Studies, a valuable extension of recent scholarship on the role of Scott's fiction in the development of the nation state and modernity, [a] thoughtful and thought-provoking book ... most useful for those reading her book are the instruments she uses - and how one can borrow and make use of them oneself. Particularly eye-opening (for me, at least) is the wholly persuasive last chapter ("How Long was Immortality?") and her argument that by historicizing the present - where we are - Scott opened the way for modernism and set up the constantly renovating processes ("make it new", as Pound instructed) which ensured his(Scott's) own inevitable eclipse. Scott's genius was to dig his own grave - but, mysteriously and manifestly, as Rigney shows, live on, Rigney's lucid, intelligent, well-researched book deserves the widest possible audience not only for what it tells us about the fate of Scott's fictions and influence, but also for what it teaches us about the intricate dance of cultural remembering and forgetting., "[This book shows] that scholarly interest in Scottish literature of this period is both alive and of a very high standard, illustrated by the quality of the writing itself, by the careful, extensive and well-documented notes, and the comprehensive bibliographies." --Andrew Monnickendam, European Romantic Review "Rigney's lucid, intelligent, well-researched book deserves the widest possible audience not only for what it tells us about the fate of Scott's fictions and influence, but also for what it teaches us about the intricate dance of cultural remembering and forgetting." --Evan Gottlieb, Journal of British Studies "This is an outstanding book which deftly shows the limitations of insistent disciplinary overreliance on text at the expense of considering its mediations. ... Rigney's book is full of complex concepts, sharp phrases and original approaches." --Murray Pittock, Scottish Literary Review "a highly original contribution...Rigney's work may prove procreative like Scott's, fertile in inspiring future works." --Jeffrey E. Jackson, Dickens Quarterly "a valuable extension of recent scholarship on the role of Scott's fiction in the development of the nation state and modernity" --David Buchanan, Journal of Victorian Culture "Rigney explores the "cultural importance and excitement generated by [Scott's] work"...At its heart this book is a study of memory and forgetting." --D.A. Henningfeld, Choice "As its title promises, this book advances the fields of literary reception, cultural memory, and poetic afterlife. Rarely have I so enjoyed a work of scholarship. Much of the book's appeal comes from its cogent analysis of surprising materials...With erudition and extensive research...it offers tools for analyzing the long-term reception of many books and authors." --Paul Westover, Review 19 "[a] thoughtful and thought-provoking book ... most useful for those reading her book are the instruments she uses - and how one can borrow and make use of them oneself. Particularly eye-opening (for me, at least) is the wholly persuasive last chapter ("How Long was Immortality?") and her argument that by historicizing the present - where we are - Scott opened the way for modernism and set up the constantly renovating processes ("make it new", as Pound instructed) which ensured his (Scott's) own inevitable eclipse. Scott's genius was to dig his own grave - but, mysteriously and manifestly, as Rigney shows, live on" --John Sutherland, Times Literary Supplement, "This is an important book, not just an amusing one. With erudition and extensive research, it promises no less than a "history to modern memory" (9), and it offers tools for analyzing the long-term reception of many books and authors." --Review 19, most useful for those reading her book are the instruments she uses - and how one can borrow and make use of them oneself. Particularly eye-opening (for me, at least) is the wholly persuasive last chapter ("How Long was Immortality?") and her argument that by historicizing the present - where we are - Scott opened the way for modernism and set up the constantly renovating processes ("make it new", as Pound instructed) which ensured his (Scott's) own inevitable eclipse. Scott'sgenius was to dig his own grave - but, mysteriously and manifestly, as Rigney shows, live on, Rigney explores the "cultural importance and excitement generated by [Scott's] work" ... At its heart this book is a study of memory and forgetting.
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The
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
823.7
Table Of Content
AcknowledgementsContentsIntroduction1. Portable Monuments2. Procreativity: remediation and Rob Roy3. Re-scripting Ivanhoe4. Re-enacting Ivanhoe5. Locating memory: Abbotsford6. Commemorating Scott: 'that imperial man'7. How long was immortality?Epilogue: Cultural memory, cultural amnesiaNotesReferencesList of illustrationsIndex of Names
Synopsis
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 transcending it., 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 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 provided an imaginative resource for creating a collective relation to the past that was compatible with widespread mobility and social change; and that he thus forged a potent alliance between memory, literature, and identity that was eminently suited to modernizing. In the process he helped prepare his own obsolescence but his legacy continues in the widespread belief that showcasing the past is a condition for transcending it., Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), 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 nineteenth century, and how his work continues to resonate into the present day even if Scott is no longer widely read.
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