Robert E Bjork

Old English Studies and Its Scandinavian Practitioners

Nationalism, Aesthetics, and Spirituality in the Nordic Countries, 1733-2023

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Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9781843847267
• ISBN-10: 1843847264
• Artikelnr.: 70451177

Autorenporträt

Robert E. Bjork

Inhaltsangabe

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 Scandinavia 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 Literature, 1733
to 2022 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