Cultural Amnesia
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Cultural Amnesia is a wide-ranging collection of essays by Clive James that reflects on influential 20th-century cultural and intellectual figures through biography, criticism, and personal reflection.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cultural Amnesia canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
connect personal memory with cultural history
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reassess 20th-century cultural figures ⓘ |
| author | Clive James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains | short biographical portraits ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discusses |
artists
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philosophers ⓘ political figures ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| examines |
European intellectual tradition
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modernism ⓘ totalitarianism and culture ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
influential 20th-century cultural figures
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influential 20th-century intellectual figures ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical essays
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literary criticism ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | alphabetically arranged essays ⓘ |
| hasPart | essays ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical
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historical ⓘ personal ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
legacy of intellectuals
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memory and culture ⓘ moral responsibility of intellectuals ⓘ relationship between art and politics ⓘ |
| includesElement |
biography
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cultural criticism ⓘ personal reflection ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
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readers interested in culture and ideas ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
criticism
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memoir elements ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
20th-century culture
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biographical criticism ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | essay ⓘ |
| style |
allusive
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anecdotal ⓘ erudite ⓘ essayistic ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 20th century ⓘ |
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