10.24.2009

WIP: More on Nostalgia

Currently reading an article, by Linda Hutcheon entitled "Irony, Nostalgia, and the Postmodern".

Interesting fact, nostalgia was a term coined in 1688 by a 19-year old Swiss student in his medical dissertation. Who would have thought that what is now used as a marketing ploy was once a considered a medical condition...

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