Drawing from stories, literary texts, myths, and songs, the article explores the “intangible” imagery—dreams, souls, ghosts, memory—that uses the nostalgia of the past to announce the possibility of a future. The image of the buried and sleeping king represents myth of a past Golden Age but also the vision of a future rebirth. Such examples include the figures of Rip Van Winkle, Hendrick Hudson, and Boabdil in the works of US author Washington Irving (1783–1859). Other examples include the figure of Metacomet, also rescued by Irving, or of Atahualpa, of Inca mythology. From Washington Irving to the songs of Bruce Springsteen, the image of a past that accompanies and haunts the present to project a utopian future never ceases to reappear.

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埋葬的国王和对未来的记忆：从华盛顿·欧文到布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀

本文从故事，文学文本，神话和歌曲中汲取了灵感，探索了“无形”的图像-梦，灵魂，鬼魂，记忆-利用过去的怀旧来宣告未来的可能性。被埋葬和沉睡的国王的形象代表着过去黄金时代的神话，也代表着未来重生的愿景。这样的例子包括美国作家华盛顿·欧文（Washington Irving，1783–1859年）的作品中的里普·范·温克尔（Rip Van Winkle），亨德里克·哈德森（Hendrick Hudson）和鲍勃迪尔（Boabdil）。其他例子包括印加神话中也被欧文拯救的超彗星或阿塔瓦尔帕的雕像。从华盛顿·欧文（Washington Irving）到布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀（Bruce Springsteen）的歌曲，过去与现在相伴并困扰着人们的乌托邦式未来构想从未消失。