Stoicism among the Victorians? The Legacy of Old Norse Sagas in William Morris's Utopian Views of Humanity

Victorian intellectuals such as George Webbe Dasent, Thomas Carlyle, Matthew Arnold and William Morris studied Old Norse literature in order to retrace the origins of North Europe and to present the heroic code of behaviour as an ideal ethical model for the Victorians. Not unlike other intellectuals...

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Main Author: SPINOZZI, Paola
Other Authors: ÁSTRÁÐUR EYSTEINSSON, Spinozzi, Paola
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: University of Iceland Press 2006
Subjects:
Memoria culturale
Gran Bretagna
Islanda
XIX secolo
letteratura norrena
letteratura inglese
William Morris
Patience
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11392/463898

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