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This volume investigates the diverse applications and conceptions of the term 'The Golden Age'. The phrase resonates with the theme of nostalgia, which is popularly understood as a wistful longing for the past, but which also denotes homesickness and the unrecoverability of the past. While...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rogers, Elizabeth (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
Temas:
Nostalgia.
Golden age (Mythology)
Nostalgia in literature.
Nostalgia in motion pictures.
Nostalgie.
Âge d'or.
Nostalgie dans la littérature.
Nostalgie au cinéma.
Dutch Golden Age.
golden age (mythology)
Literature & literary studies.
PSYCHOLOGY > Physiological Psychology.
Nostalgia
Nostalgia in literature
Nostalgia in motion pictures
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This volume investigates the diverse applications and conceptions of the term 'The Golden Age'. The phrase resonates with the theme of nostalgia, which is popularly understood as a wistful longing for the past, but which also denotes homesickness and the unrecoverability of the past. While the term 'Golden Age' typically conjures up idealised visions of the past and gestures forward to utopian visions of future golden ages, the idea of nostalgia is suggestive of a discontented present. The Golden Age and nostalgia are therefore related ideas, but are also partly in conflict with one another, a.
Notas:Based on a conference held by English postgraduate students at the University of Dundee in June 2012.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiii, 138 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781443816472
1443816477

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