Nostalgia
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Nostalgia
Combrayvillage of narrator and family. [Fr. Lit.: Remembrance of Things Past]
singer sends well-wishes to home town. [Am. Pop. Music: Fordin, 531]
TV series viewed 1950s America through tinted lenses. [TV: Terrace, I, 337–338]
passes the time by listening to tapes on which he had recorded his earlier experiences and reflections. [Br. Drama: Beckett Krapp’s Last Tape in Weiss, 244]
book in which author recalls her precious child-hood years. [Am. Lit.: Magill I, 630–632]
“Where are the snows of yesteryear?” [Fr. Lit.: Ballade des Dames du temps ladis, “Villon” in Benét, 1061]
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