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Record Nr.

UNINA9910874415503321

Autore

Bjork Robert E. <1949->

Titolo

Old English Studies and Its Scandinavian Practitioners : Nationalism, Aesthetics, and Spirituality in the Nordic Countries, 1733-2023

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Woodbridge : , : Boydell & Brewer, Limited, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

9781805434252

180543425X

9781805434146

1805434144

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 pages)

Collana

Anglo-Saxon Studies ; ; v.50

Soggetti

LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations and Citations -- Introduction: The View from the North -- Part 1. The Beginnings, 1733 to 1899 -- 1. Old English Studies and the Politics of Philology in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Scandinav -- 2. Myth of Spirit, Myth of Word in the Works of N. F. S. Grundtvig -- 3. Grundtvig's Vision of the  Old English Phoenix -- Part 2. The Flourishing, 1900 to 2023 -- 4. Old English Studies in Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Scandinavia -- Part 3. The Continuing Interest: Beowulf and Translations of Beowulf and Other Old English Literatu -- 5. Scandinavian Approaches to Beowulf -- 6. Scandinavian Translations of Beowulf -- 7. Scandinavian Translations of Old English Literature other than Beowulf -- Conclusion: "A Truly Splendid Ruin" -- Works Cited -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

An account of the Scandinavian contributions to the field of Old English studies from the eighteenth century onwards.