A Past without Shadow: Constructing the Past in German Books for Children
Zohar Shavit
1999
The term “past image” is used by different scholars in different ways, and it remains general and obscure because it refers to a structure derived from a bank of naturally amorphous reserves, seen by the group and its members as their “history.” For the purpose of this study, I wish to suggest the following description for the notion of “past image…
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