Andreas Hofer The Social and Cultural Construction of a National Myth in Tirol, 1809-1909

Recoge: 1. Introduction -- 2. Reincarnating history: the up-rising 100 years on -- 3. The poor sinner Andreas Hofer: contradictions between 1809 and 1909 -- 4. Hofer and the Heimat: literary utopias -- 5. Disillusion and scepticism: some popular perceptions of Hofer -- 6. The chapel at Sand in Passeier (1899) -- 7. The Hofer-Denkmal on the Berg Isel (1893) -- 8. Conclusion.