“In the Shadow of Greater Events in the World:” The Northern Epic in the Wake of World War II

• Published in: Scandinavian-Canadian Studies
• Main Author: Dustin Geeraert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: University of Alberta Library 2019
• Subjects: History of Northern Europe. Scandinavia; DL1-1180; Language and Literature; P; Gardner; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.29173/scancan170; https://doaj.org/article/e664de7a0ad74e1db42847a7cd81c34a

ABSTRACT: World War II was marked by widespread use of heroic narratives, national legacies, and grand ideas about destiny or the “arc of history.” These topics have a firm foundation in medieval literature, particularly in northern traditions. While literary medievalism had been in the limelight du...