Cultural Memory: Essays on European Literature and History Edric Caldicott Anne Fuchs Editors PETER LANG Cultural Memory This page intentionally left blank Edric Caldicott & Anne Fuchs (eds) Cultural Memory Essays on European Literature and History PETER LANG Oxford • Bern • Berlin • Bruxelles • Frankfurt am Main • New York • Wien Bibliographic information published by Die Deutsche Bibliothek Die Deutsche Bibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbi- bliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available on the Internet at ‹http://dnb.ddb.de›. British Library and Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data: A catalogue record for this book is available from The British Library, Great Britain, and from The Library of Congress, USA Cover design:Thomas Jaberg, Peter Lang AG ISBN 3-03910-053-X US-ISBN 0-8204-6294-2 © Peter Lang AG, European Academic Publishers, Bern 2003 Hochfeldstrasse 32, Postfach 746, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland
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