{"product_id":"joan-didion-and-the-ethics-matthew-r-mclennan-9781350271869","title":"Joan Didion and the Ethics of Memory","description":"\u003cp\u003eLooking at the breadth of Joan Didion's writing, from journalism, essays, fiction, memoir and screen plays, it may appear that there is no unifying thread, but Matthew R. McLennan argues that 'the ethics of memory' - the question of which norms should guide public and private remembrance - offers a promising vision of what is most characteristic and salient in Didion's works. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy framing her universe as indifferent and essentially precarious, McLennan demonstrates how this outlook guides Didion's reflections on key themes linked to memory: namely witnessing and grieving, nostalgia, and the paradoxically amnesiac qualities of our increasingly archived public life that she explored in famous texts like \u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Bethlehem\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSalvador\u003c\/i\u003e. McLennan moves beyond the interpretive value of such an approach and frames Didion as a serious, iconoclastic philosopher of time and memory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough her encounters with the past, the writer is shown to offer lessons for the future in an increasingly perilous and unsettled world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew R. McLennan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350271861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350271869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d","brand":"Matthew R. McLennan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071409090815,"sku":"9781350271869","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca246851-a473-4358-8ca2-309031cd6e11.jpg?v=1685435926","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/joan-didion-and-the-ethics-matthew-r-mclennan-9781350271869","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}