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Sheds new light on European and regional book markets, the
development of a public sphere and the impact of new media on
intellectual, social, religious and political change. How do you
become a citizen? Ever since printing was introduced, being a
member of society increasingly involved reading and writing: for
sociability and belonging, instruction and entertainment, profit
and charity, spiritual awakening and political debate. Literary
practices shaped and changed identities and the organisation of
society during the Long Eighteenth Century. In Scandinavia, this
happened locally, as well as transnationally - reading, writing and
producing texts involved entanglements within and beyond the
borders of the Northern European periphery of Norway, Denmark and
Sweden. Focusing on 'literary citizenship', this volume uncovers
the different ways in which engagements with print have mediated
and established networks and communities, identities and agencies
of multiple sorts in an interconnected media landscape. The result
is a complex and intriguing history of the book in the Scandinavian
region. This history is, on the one hand, influenced by a European
market and tradition. On the other hand, it offers an important and
different case of regional and local adaptation, marked by what has
been termed a 'Northern Enlightenment'. This book will be of
interest to scholars of European enlightenment studies and to those
who are interested in the continuing debates surrounding print
culture and history. This book is available as Open Access under
the Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC. This book and the research
upon which it is based was supported by funds from The Research
Council of Norway and the National Library of Norway. CONTRIBUTORS:
Jens Bjerring-Hansen, Jon Haarberg, Ruth Hemstad, Thor Inge
Rørvik, Ellen Krefting, Karin Kukkonen, Ulrik Langen, Aina
Nøding, Jonas Nordin, James Raven, Janicke S. Kaasa, Karen
Skovgaard-Petersen, Frederik Stjernfelt, Iver Tangen Stensrud and
Jonas Thorup Thomsen.
There exists an area of overlap where language and nature meet, and
this book, first published in 1980, illuminates that fascinating
territory. When real-world things, such as plants, are used in
literature or language as symbols, these special signs have a
double allegiance. They function as language but derive their
meaning from nature. The authors trace the consequences of this,
and show how it affects the character of the relevant areas of
language and literature. Original and entertaining, this study cuts
across a number of traditional disciplines. It should appeal not
only to those interested in literature, language and semiotics, but
also to students of philosophy, anthropology, classics, pictorial
art, religion and folklore.
There exists an area of overlap where language and nature meet, and
this book, first published in 1980, illuminates that fascinating
territory. When real-world things, such as plants, are used in
literature or language as symbols, these special signs have a
double allegiance. They function as language but derive their
meaning from nature. The authors trace the consequences of this,
and show how it affects the character of the relevant areas of
language and literature. Original and entertaining, this study cuts
across a number of traditional disciplines. It should appeal not
only to those interested in literature, language and semiotics, but
also to students of philosophy, anthropology, classics, pictorial
art, religion and folklore.
What is the importance of poetry? Why do we enjoy the experience of
tragic distress? Does Roman tragedy reflect Aristotelian poetics?
In what ways can Aristotle's "Poetics" be read and interpreted? To
what kind of use can it be put? Such are the questions discussed in
this collection of essays, which examines one of the most seminal
as well as cryptic texts of Western criticism - a text that still
triggers essential deliberations about literature and the ways in
which we relate to it.
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