On Nostalgia, Hometown Enthusiasm, Brideshead Revisited
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The word nostalgia comes from the Greek nostos, to return home. For the ancient Greeks, Nostos was a whole thematic branch of literature: the hero’s homecoming. The Odyssey is peak nostos. So is The Wizard of Oz. Castaway. Hercules, whose story includes 100% more infanticide than the Disney zero-to-hero narrative will have you believe, experienced a spiritual
On Nostalgia, Hometown Enthusiasm, Brideshead Revisited
On Nostalgia, Hometown Enthusiasm, Brideshead…
On Nostalgia, Hometown Enthusiasm, Brideshead Revisited
The word nostalgia comes from the Greek nostos, to return home. For the ancient Greeks, Nostos was a whole thematic branch of literature: the hero’s homecoming. The Odyssey is peak nostos. So is The Wizard of Oz. Castaway. Hercules, whose story includes 100% more infanticide than the Disney zero-to-hero narrative will have you believe, experienced a spiritual