All 3 Uses of
nostalgia
in
The Lords of Discipline
- Croix house evoked a mythic, possessive nostalgia from the reverent crowds who walked single file through its hushed, candle-lit interior each April during the annual spring tour of homes, for it was emblematic of the most remarkable instincts of that form-possessed society.†
Chpt 1.2nostalgia = longing for something past
- A chandelier, the most famous in South Carolina, hung like a brilliant crystal stalactite from the ceiling, and the smell of furniture polish gave a permanent, opulent odor to the room, a perfume of endurance and nostalgia.†
Chpt 3.25
- Perhaps it was because my family had no nostalgia for the past, no sense of responsibility to uphold a proud and carefully wrought tradition.†
Chpt 3.25 *
Definition:
happiness that come with the memory of good times combined with a hint of sadness that those times are over