Realms of Memory: TraditionsPierre Nora, Lawrence D. Kritzman Columbia University Press, 1996 - 591 pages This text is the second of three volumes looking at the history of France. This volume examines how and why events and figures become part of a people's collective memory. It emphasizes the shared aspects of French history and cultural instrumental in the development of a national identity. It includes 14 essays on subjects ranging from Proust's Remembrance of Things Past to the Tour de France. |
Contents
The Land Armand Frémont | 3 |
The Court Jacques Revel | 71 |
37 | 81 |
IV | 125 |
V | 151 |
VI | 170 |
Marcel Prousts Remembrance of Things Past Antoine Compagnon | 211 |
SINGULARITIES | 247 |
X | 333 |
Street Names Daniel Milo | 363 |
The Pulpit the Rostrum and the Bar Jean Starobinski | 391 |
Gastronomy Pascal | 443 |
The Tour de France Georges Vigarello | 469 |
Notes | 501 |
Index of Names | 534 |
558 | |
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