Nicola J. Watson (Open University Professor of English Literature)

Broschiertes Buch

The Author's Effects

On Writer's House Museums

Beschreibung

A fascinating account of the emergence of the writer's house museum over the course of the nineteenth century in Britain, Europe, and North America. It considers the museum as a cultural form and asks why it appeared and how it has constructed authorial afterlife for readers individually and collectively.

Autor

Nicola J. Watson trained at Oxford and held posts at Oxford, Harvard, Northwestern, and Indiana Universities before taking up a position at the Open University. A specialist in the literature and culture of the Romantic period, her research focusses on authorial afterlives and the associated histories of literary tourism, literary commemoration, and the literary museum.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 163mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9780198883548
• ISBN-10: 0198883544
• Artikelnr.: 67476921