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Northern Myths, Modern Identities

The Nationalisation of Northern Mythologies Since 1800

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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This anthology of essays, Northern Myths, Modern Identities, explores the various ways in which ancient mythologies have been cultivated in the cultural construction of ethnic, national and supra-national identities from 1800 to the present. How were Old Norse, Finno-Ugric and Frisian myths employed as rhetorical devices in national narratives? And how did (and do) these new interpretations convey a sense of ‘northernness’? This volume approaches these issues from an interdisciplinary and international perspective, and brings together case studies from Scandinavia, the Baltic region, Friesland, Britain, the United States and even Japan. Thus, it provides a unique insight into the reception history and uses of northern myths in the present, and their role in the creation of modern identities.Contributors are: Tim van Gerven, Gylfi Gunnlaugsson, Simon Halink, Sumarliði R. Ísleifsson, Otto S. Knottnerus, Joep Leerssen, Daisy Neijmann, Han Nijdam, Robert A. Saunders, Katja Schulz, Tom Shippey, Carline Tromp, and Kendra Willson.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-06-06
Mått155 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt561 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNational Cultivation of Culture
Antal sidor264
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004367470

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List of Figures and TablesAbout the AuthorsNorthern Myths, Modern Identities: An IntroductionSimon HalinkPart 1: Imagining the North1The North: A Cultural Stereotype between Metaphor and Racial EssentialismJoep Leerssen2Within or Outside Europe? Modernists and Anti-modernists Visiting Iceland in the Mid-nineteenth CenturySumarliði R. Ísleifsson3Is Nordic Mythology Nordic or National, or Both? Competing National Appropriations of Nordic Mythology in Early Nineteenth-Century ScandinaviaTim van GervenAncient Heritage, New Meaning4Norse Myths, Nordic Identities: The Divergent Case of Icelandic RomanticismGylfi Gunnlaugsson5Redbad, the Once and Future King of the FrisiansHan Nijdam and Otto S. Knottnerus6Norse Mythology in Icelandic Fiction about the Second World WarDaisy L. Neijmann7Of Gods and Men: Uses and Abuses of Neo-Paganism by Nationalist Movements in the “North”Robert A. SaundersPart 3: Travelling Ideas and Artistic Expressions8Heirs of Lönnrot: From Longfellow to TolkienTom Shippey9Kalevala in International Masks: A JapaneseAino and Kalevala dell’arteKendra Willson10The Quest of Gangleri: Theosophy and Old Norse Mythology in IcelandSimon HalinkPart 4: Beyond the Nation?11Crossing the Borders: Loki and the Decline of the Nation StateKatja Schulz12Apocalypse Now: Norse Gods and the End of the NationCarline TrompIndex of Names and Subjects