National Poets, Cultural Saints: Canonization and Commemorative Cults of Writers in Europe (Hardcover)

In National Poets, Cultural Saints Marijan Dovic and Jon Karl Helgason explore the ways in which certain artists, writers, and poets in Europe have become major figures of cultural memory, emulating the symbolic role formerly played by state rulers and religious saints. The authors develop the concept of cultural sainthood in the context of nationalism as a form of invisible religion, identify major shifts in canonization practices from antiquity to the nationally-motivated commemoration of the nineteenth century, and explore the afterlives of two national poets, Slovenia's France Preseren and Iceland's Jonas Hallgrimsson. The book presents a useful analytical model of canonization for further studies on cultural sainthood and opens up fruitful perspectives for the understanding of national movements.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	National Cultivation of Culture, 12
Release date:	December 2016
First published:	2017
Authors:	Marijan Dovic • Jon Karl Helgason
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	234
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-33539-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Promotions
LSN:	90-04-33539-0
Barcode:	9789004335394

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