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Northern Myths, Modern Identities - The Nationalisation of Northern Mythologies Since 1800 (Hardcover)
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Northern Myths, Modern Identities - The Nationalisation of Northern Mythologies Since 1800 (Hardcover)
Series: National Cultivation of Culture, 19
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This anthology of essays, Northern Myths, Modern Identities,
explores the various ways in which ancient mythologies have been
cultivated in the cultural construction of ethnic, national and
supra-national identities from 1800 to the present. How were Old
Norse, Finno-Ugric and Frisian myths employed as rhetorical devices
in national narratives? And how did (and do) these new
interpretations convey a sense of 'northernness'? This volume
approaches these issues from an interdisciplinary and international
perspective, and brings together case studies from Scandinavia, the
Baltic region, Friesland, Britain, the United States and even
Japan. Thus, it provides a unique insight into the reception
history and uses of northern myths in the present, and their role
in the creation of modern identities. Contributors are: Tim van
Gerven, Gylfi Gunnlaugsson, Simon Halink, Sumarlidi R. Isleifsson,
Otto S. Knottnerus, Joep Leerssen, Daisy Neijmann, Han Nijdam,
Robert A. Saunders, Katja Schulz, Tom Shippey, Carline Tromp, and
Kendra Willson.
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