{"product_id":"theories-of-memory-a-reader-paperback","title":"Theories of Memory: A Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Rossington\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAnne Whitehead\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheories of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive introduction to the rapidly expanding field of memory studies. It is a resource through which students of literature will be able both to broaden their knowledge of contemporary theoretical perspectives and to trace the development of ideas about memory from the classical period to the present. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reader is organized into three parts: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I, Beginnings, is historical in scope. Its three sections, Classical and Early Modern Ideas of Memory, Enlightenment and Romantic Memory, and Memory and Late Modernity, lay out key psychological, rhetorical, and cultural concepts of memory in the work of a range of thinkers from Plato to Walter Benjamin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II, Positionings, identifies three major perspectives through which memory has been defined and debated more recently: Collective Memory, Jewish Memory Discourse, and Trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III, Identities, examines the key role of memory in contemporary constructions of identity under the headings of Gender, Race\/Nation, and Diaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Rossington\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAnne Whitehead\u003c\/b\u003e are senior lecturers in English literature at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9.48 x 6.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757476249888,"sku":"9780801887291","price":64.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/795d03f88ddc6427d25cb546bf271666.webp?v=1780103985","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/theories-of-memory-a-reader-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}