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Mythology and nation building
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- Book Synopsis
- Stories of gods, heroes and monsters permeated discourses of national selfhood in the nineteenth century. During this tumultuous time, Europe's modern nations arose from the misty waters of long-forgotten national pasts - or so was the perception at the time. Each embedded in their particular national and political contexts, towering cultural figures - N.F.S. Grundtvig, Jacob Grimm, Jonás Halgrìmsson, William Morris, Adam Oehlenschläger and many more - were catalysts for the formation of national discourses of belonging, built upon the mythological story-worlds of Europe's non-classical vernacular pasts. This interdisciplinary book offers new perspectives on the uses of pre-Christian mythologies in the formation of national communities in nineteenth-century Northern and Western Europe. Through theoretical articles and case studies, it puts forth new understandings of how cultural thinkers across Europe utilized pre-Christian mythologies as symbolic resources in the forging of national communities. Perceptions of national identity were thus shaped, many of which are still at play today.
- About The Author
- Sophie B¢nding, is a Historian of Religion and Research Assistant at the Grundtvig Study Centre at Aarhus University, Denmark.Lone K¢lle Martinsen is Senior Researcher in History at the Grundtvig Study Centre at Aarhus University, Denmark.Pierre-Brice Stahl is Associate Professor of the History of Religions in the Department of Nordic Studies at Sorbonne University, France.Contributions by: Joep Leerssen, Thomas Mohnike, Katrine Fr¢kjær Baunvig, Sune Auken, Sophie B¢nding, Lone K¢lle Martinsen, Alderik Blom, Jón Karl Helgasson, Paula Henrikson, Heather O'Donoghue, Stephanie Barczewski and Simon Halink
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9788771846263
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press, (30 July 2021)
- Number of Pages
- 384
- Weight
- 1120 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 246 x 179 x 32 mm
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