Literary Memory - Scott's Waverley Novels and the Psychology of Narrative

Catherine Jone's Literary Memory explores the relationship of memory to writing in the "long" eighteenth century in Scotland and America. It does so by arguing for Walter Scott's adaptation and development in the Waverley Novels of varieties of "literary memory" from the philosophy and psychological theory of the Scottish Enlightenment.

About the author

Catherine Jones is Lecturer in English Literature at University of Aberdeen.

Summary

Catherine Jone's Literary Memory explores the relationship of memory to writing in the "long" eighteenth century in Scotland and America. It does so by arguing for Walter Scott's adaptation and development in the Waverley Novels of varieties of "literary memory" from the philosophy and psychological theory of the Scottish Enlightenment.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine Jones
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781611481808
• ISBN: 978-1-61148-180-8
• No. of pages: 249
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 244 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 553 g
• Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture; Bucknell Studies 18th C L; Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture; Bucknell Studies 18th C L; Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies