Joan Didion and the Ethics of Memory

Looking at the breadth of Joan Didion''s writing, from journalism, essays, fiction, memoir and screen plays, it may appear that there is no unifying thread, but Matthew R. McLennan argues that ''the ethics of memory'' – the question of which norms should guide public and private remembrance – offers a promising vision of what is most characteristic and salient in Didion''s works.

By framing her uni...