The art of commemoration : fifty years after the Warsaw Uprising / edited by Titus Ensink, Christoph Sauer

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Facing the past : The commemoration of the Warsaw uprising on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary / Titus Ensink and Christoph Sauer -- Discourse analytic approach to the commemorative speeches about the Warsaw uprising / Titus Ensink and Christoph Sauer -- Messianic Warsaw. Mythological framings of political discourse in the address by Lech Walesa / Dariusz Galasinski -- Search for acceptable perspectives. German President Roman Herzog commemorates the Warsaw uprising / Titus Ensink and Christoph Sauer -- Politician's sociology : US vice president Gore's categorisation of the participants in the Warsaw uprising / Harrie Mazeland -- Framing the past : An analysis of John Major's address / Christina Schäffner -- From commemoration to self-celebration : Explorations in the interplay of discourse frames and political perspectives in the address by René Monory / Danièle Torck -- How the Russians handled a problem : The Warsaw uprising in Sergey Filatov's address / Klaus Steinke -- Merging frames : A frame analysis of the South African, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand addresses / Tom Koole -- Pope John Paul II as a Polish patriot : The Pope's letter in commemoration of the Warsaw uprising / Klaus Steinke -- Politics of public memory : The commemoration of the Second World War in a historical and comparative perspective / Frank van Vree.