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

• Autore: Bjork Robert E. <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Woodbridge : , : Boydell & Brewer, Limited, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (357 pages)
• Soggetto topico: LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval
• Soggetto non controllato: Arthur O. Sandved; Bibliotecha Anglo-Saxonica; Cædmon; Frederik Hammerich; J. R. R. Tolkien; Lars Gabriel Nilsson; Layamon; Old Norse; Stefán Einarsson; alliterative poetry; ballad; homilies; lexicon; morphology; philology; pneumatology; syntax; typology
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Old English Studies and Its Scandinavian Practitioners
• ISBN: 9781805434252; 180543425X; 9781805434146; 1805434144
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910874415503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Anglo-Saxon Studies