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This study of familiar medieval histories and chronicles argues that the historian should be aware of the discursive nature, literary modes, and ideological inv
Picturing the Past
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Authors: Rosemary Mitchell
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-07-13 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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This monograph is a wide-ranging and sophisticated analysis of representations in text and image of the English past between 1830 and 1870. It consists of a ser
Re-forming the Past
Language: en
Pages: 158
Authors: A. Timothy Spaulding
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Ohio State University Press

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The slave experience was a defining one in American history, and not surprisingly, has been a significant and powerful trope in African American literature. In
The Past Can't Heal Us
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: Lea David
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-16 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Lea David exposes the dangers and pitfalls of mandating memory in the name of human rights in conflict and post-conflict settings.
The Ghosts of the Past
Language: en
Pages: 188
Authors: Basil Dufallo
Categories: Literary Criticism
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The ancient Romans quite literally surrounded themselves with the dead: masks of the dead were in the atria of their houses, funerals paraded through their main