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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Pagina 14
And that is what Landscape and Memory tries to be : a way of looking ; of
rediscovering what we already have , but which somehow eludes our recognition
and our appreciation . Instead of being yet another explanation of what we have
lost , it ...
And that is what Landscape and Memory tries to be : a way of looking ; of
rediscovering what we already have , but which somehow eludes our recognition
and our appreciation . Instead of being yet another explanation of what we have
lost , it ...
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None of this means that when we , too , set off on the trail of “ social memory ” we
will inevitably end up in places where , in a century of horror , we would rather not
go , places that represent a reinforcement of , rather than an escape from ...
None of this means that when we , too , set off on the trail of “ social memory ” we
will inevitably end up in places where , in a century of horror , we would rather not
go , places that represent a reinforcement of , rather than an escape from ...
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Even if the wild woods were reduced to dreary rows of obedient saplings , grown
only to be industrially harvested for the wants of the city , even if the great forest
were to be cleared altogether , the memory of sylvan virtue could be preserved in
...
Even if the wild woods were reduced to dreary rows of obedient saplings , grown
only to be industrially harvested for the wants of the city , even if the great forest
were to be cleared altogether , the memory of sylvan virtue could be preserved in
...
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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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Inhoudsopgave
Introduction | 3 |
Prologue The Detour | 23 |
CHAPTER ONE In the Realm of the Lithuanian Bison | 37 |
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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 | 14 juli 2008 |
| ISBN | 0679402551, 9780679402558 |
| Lengte | 652 pagina's |
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