\u27Poetry that does not die\u27: Andrew Lang and Walter Scott’s \u27Immortal\u27 Antiquarianism

The late 19th century essayist Andrew Lang, born in the Scottish borders, shared with Walter Scott a passionate devotion for the Borders landscape, mapped and mediated by Scott’s fictions; in his introductions to the Border Edition of Scott\u27s novels, Lang argued that, by “immortalising” national antiquities, Scott ensured that Scotland\u27s geographical and architectural heritage would be preserved