{"product_id":"scottish-romanticism-and-collective-memory-kenneth-mcneil-9781474455473","title":"Scottish Romanticism and Collective Memory in the British Atlantic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharts Scottish Romanticism's significant contribution to the making of collective memory in the transatlantic world\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers an in-depth examination of Scottish Romantic literary ideas on memory and their influence among various cultures in the British Atlantic, broken down into distinct writing modes (memorials, travel memoir, slave narrative, colonial policy paper, emigrant fiction) and contexts (pre- and post-Revolution America, French-Canadian cultural nationalism, the slavery debate, immigration and colonial settlement).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLooks at familiar Scottish writers (Walter Scott, John Galt) in new ways, while introducing less familiar ones (Anne Grant, Thomas Pringle).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings Scottish Romantic literary studies into new engagements with other fields (such as transatlantic and memory studies).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOpens up new dialogues between Scottish literature and culture and other literatures and cultures (for example, French-Canadian, Black Diaspora, Indigenous).\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eScots, who were at the vanguard of British colonial expansion in North America in the Romantic period, believed that their own nation had undergone an unprecedented transformation in only a short span of time. Scottish writers became preoccupied with collective memory, its powerful role in shaping group identity as well as its delicate fragility. McNeil reveals why we must add collective memory to the list of significant contributions Scots made to a culture of modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth McNeil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474455476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474455473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.79d","brand":"Kenneth McNeil","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44227939860735,"sku":"9781474455473","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_83bcb611-ffaa-4142-80c8-f3980470f120.jpg?v=1692811321","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scottish-romanticism-and-collective-memory-kenneth-mcneil-9781474455473","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}