La nostalgie

by Barbara Cassin

Homesickness in literatureNostalgiaPhilosophyHomesicknessOdysseus (Greek mythology)Aeneas (Legendary character)French PhilosophyNostalgia in literature

A philosophical survey journeying in company with Odysseus, Aeneas and Hannah Arendt, the philosopher shows, with a multilingual learning, that nostalgia is less about soil than native language.

For young readers

Book data: Open Library