Difficult Reputations
Collective Memories of the Evil, Inept, and Controversial
- Contents

Introduction- Constructing Difficult Reputations
1. Benedict Arnold and the Commemoration of Treason
2. Warren Harding and the Memory of Incompetence
3. John Brown and the Legitimation of Political Violence
4. Fatty Arbuckle and the Creation of Public Attention
5. Henry Ford and the Multiple-Audience Problem
6. Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, and the Creation of Imaginary Social Relations
7. Herman Melville and the Demise of Literary Reputation
8. Sinclair Lewis, Main Street, and Community Reputation
Conclusion- Difficult Reputations
Index
Literature and Literary Criticism: American and Canadian Literature
Political Science: American Government and Politics
Sociology: Social History | Sociology of Arts--Leisure, Sports | Theory and Sociology of Knowledge
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