Debra Hawhee
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780226398174
- eISBN:
- 9780226398204
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226398204.003.0007
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Ancient Greek, Roman, and Early Christian Philosophy
This chapter serves as a conclusive capstone to the book with a focus on animals in the writings of the famed humanist and teacher of rhetoric, Desiderius Erasmus (1456-1536). In de Copia, Erasmus’s ...
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This chapter serves as a conclusive capstone to the book with a focus on animals in the writings of the famed humanist and teacher of rhetoric, Desiderius Erasmus (1456-1536). In de Copia, Erasmus’s wildly popular manual for developing an abundant style, Erasmus explicitly recommends consulting the works of natural science and committing the facts there to memory in order to create a storehouse, and accumulation of things from which one can draw comparisons, narratives, proverbs, and the like. In keeping with his age, Erasmus’s regard for Pliny the Elder, the ancient (Roman) author of Natural History, makes for marked continuity with findings earlier in this book. Erasmus promotes a “collected memory,” the contours and implications of which can best be seen by focusing on animals as collectibles in the context of print culture.Less
This chapter serves as a conclusive capstone to the book with a focus on animals in the writings of the famed humanist and teacher of rhetoric, Desiderius Erasmus (1456-1536). In de Copia, Erasmus’s wildly popular manual for developing an abundant style, Erasmus explicitly recommends consulting the works of natural science and committing the facts there to memory in order to create a storehouse, and accumulation of things from which one can draw comparisons, narratives, proverbs, and the like. In keeping with his age, Erasmus’s regard for Pliny the Elder, the ancient (Roman) author of Natural History, makes for marked continuity with findings earlier in this book. Erasmus promotes a “collected memory,” the contours and implications of which can best be seen by focusing on animals as collectibles in the context of print culture.
John Hughson
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780719096150
- eISBN:
- 9781526115331
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719096150.003.0008
- Subject:
- Sociology, Sport and Leisure
Chapter 8 discusses memories of the 1966 World Cup Final. While much discussion in academic work focusses on the theme of collective memory, this chapter concentrates on individual memories. ...
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Chapter 8 discusses memories of the 1966 World Cup Final. While much discussion in academic work focusses on the theme of collective memory, this chapter concentrates on individual memories. Accordingly, voice is given here to ‘autobiographical memories’ of the 1966 World Cup Final. Given the dearth of primary field-based research, use is made of memory statements provided in the non-academic volume Voices of ’66. The statements raise themes that could be drawn out in a more focussed and substantial oral history research project. The latter half of the chapter switches attention to autobiographical memories of the World Cup Final provided within fictional texts. Here we see rare evidence, allegorical perhaps, of the World Cup Final as a milestone moment in personal lives and as a connecting point in generational relationships.Less
Chapter 8 discusses memories of the 1966 World Cup Final. While much discussion in academic work focusses on the theme of collective memory, this chapter concentrates on individual memories. Accordingly, voice is given here to ‘autobiographical memories’ of the 1966 World Cup Final. Given the dearth of primary field-based research, use is made of memory statements provided in the non-academic volume Voices of ’66. The statements raise themes that could be drawn out in a more focussed and substantial oral history research project. The latter half of the chapter switches attention to autobiographical memories of the World Cup Final provided within fictional texts. Here we see rare evidence, allegorical perhaps, of the World Cup Final as a milestone moment in personal lives and as a connecting point in generational relationships.
