Landscape and Memory"Opening a radically new and original path into history, Simon Schama explores the scenery of our Western culture, both real landscapes and landscapes of the mind that have given us our sense of homeland, the dark woods of our imagined origins. What unfolds is a series of compelling journeys through space and time: from the ancient woodland of Poland, a symbol over the centuries of national endurance, through the forest birthplace of the German psyche, to the Big Trees of Yosemite that gave a new nation its holy past. Through all of history, from pre-classical antiquity to the Third Reich and beyond, Schama uncovers the myths and memories that have stamped themselves on our most basic social instincts and institutions: territorial identity, the wild and domestic, mortality and immortality."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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And it is just because ancient places are constantly being given the topdressings
of modernity ( the forest primeval , for example , turning into the “ wilderness park
” ) that the antiquity of the myths at their core is sometimes hard to make out .
And it is just because ancient places are constantly being given the topdressings
of modernity ( the forest primeval , for example , turning into the “ wilderness park
” ) that the antiquity of the myths at their core is sometimes hard to make out .
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Others appointed themselves the custodians of an ancient tradition - like the
prolific Jesuit Athanasius Kircher , who undertook to decode the hieroglyphs of
Egyptian obelisks for the popes of Baroque Rome so that their transplantation
could ...
Others appointed themselves the custodians of an ancient tradition - like the
prolific Jesuit Athanasius Kircher , who undertook to decode the hieroglyphs of
Egyptian obelisks for the popes of Baroque Rome so that their transplantation
could ...
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were at their lowest ebb , that enabled a later generation to revitalize the ancient
myths and traditions . The reality of German eighteenth - century forestry bore
very little resemblance to the nostalgic yearning for the ancient broadleaf forests
of ...
were at their lowest ebb , that enabled a later generation to revitalize the ancient
myths and traditions . The reality of German eighteenth - century forestry bore
very little resemblance to the nostalgic yearning for the ancient broadleaf forests
of ...
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Gebruikersrecensie - KirkusWith this fascinating, encyclopedic survey of cultural landscapes, Schama (Dead Certainties, 1991, etc.) demonstrates once again just why he holds a charmed place in the literature of historical ... Volledige review lezen
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| Titel | Landscape and Memory A Borzoi book Cápsulas Fuentes. Arte + Tecnosfera + Investigación Landscape and Memory, Simon Schama |
| Auteur | Simon Schama |
| Editie | geïllustreerd, herdruk |
| Uitgever | A.A. Knopf, 1995 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | de University of California |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 15 juli 2008 |
| ISBN | 0679402551, 9780679402558 |
| Lengte | 652 pagina's |
| Citatie exporteren | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |