When collective memory first rose to prominence on the academic agenda in the late 1980s,
the emphasis was on the “sites” which act as common points of reference within memory …

This book might well have been called" Reflections on the Curate's Egg" in memory of the
unfortunate cleric immortalized by Punch. The idea that something may be" very good in parts" …

Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was once a household name, but is now largely forgotten. This
book explores how Scott's work became an all-pervasive point of reference for cultural …

This article seeks to contribute to contemporary discussions on the workings of cultural
memory and examines in particular the way in which literary texts can function as a social …

Laura Basu studied American Literature at the Universities of Sussex and California at
Berkeley, obtained her MA in Film Studies from the University of Amsterdam in 2005 and is …

The role which narrative discourse plays in the writing of history is an area of increasing
interest to historians and literary theorists, resulting in some of the most stimulating and …

Public acts of remembrance are as much about shaping the future as about recollecting the
past. This interplay between recollection and future-building has been implicit in much of the …

Over the last decade, ‘cultural memory’ has emerged as a useful umbrella term to describe
the complex ways in which societies remember their past using a variety of media. Where …

How do memories circulate transnationally and to what effect? How to understand the enduring
role of national memories and their simultaneous reconfiguration under globalization? …

This article revisits Anthony Smith's landmark collection Myths and Memories of the Nation (1999)
from the perspective of recent developments in cultural memory studies. It argues for a …