Old Norse—Icelandic Literature and German Culture
The perception of Old Norse literature in post-medieval times moves between an aesthetically motivated international interest and its constriction initially to national and then nationalistic concerns. The article examines this development by analyzing how Old Norse material is used for the construc...
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ftunivquebec:oai:archipel.uqam.ca:10425 2023-07-16T03:59:07+02:00 Old Norse—Icelandic Literature and German Culture Zernack, Julia Isleifsson, Sumarlidi R. Chartier, Daniel 2011 application/pdf http://archipel.uqam.ca/10425/1/222023430.pdf en eng Presses de l'Université du Québec http://archipel.uqam.ca/10425/ 222023430 http://archipel.uqam.ca/10425/1/222023430.pdf Zernack, Julia (2011). « Old Norse—Icelandic Literature and German Culture », dans Iceland and Images of the North, sous la dir. de Isleifsson, Sumarlidi R. et Chartier, Daniel. Québec, Presses de l'Université du Québec, coll. «Droit au pôle », pp. 157-186. Iceland Germany Islande Allemagne Littérature Culture Literature Old norse Vieux norois 18e siècle 18th century Reception Réception Mythologie Mythology German culture Antiquité Antiquity Chapitre de livre PeerReviewed 2011 ftunivquebec 2023-06-24T23:20:51Z The perception of Old Norse literature in post-medieval times moves between an aesthetically motivated international interest and its constriction initially to national and then nationalistic concerns. The article examines this development by analyzing how Old Norse material is used for the construction of a German national consciousness from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th. It compares the German reception of Old Norse mythology to that of the Icelandic sagas, focusing on the question of why the mythology was considered a common Germanic heritage and came to be viewed in Germany as German cultural property, whereas the sagas were regarded as Germanic as well as Icelandic. This paved the way for viewing Iceland as an antithesis of the modern world and therefore the ideal landscape of a Germanic antiquity regarded as classical. Book Part Iceland Islande UQAM - Université du Québec à Montréal: archipel |
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The perception of Old Norse literature in post-medieval times moves between an aesthetically motivated international interest and its constriction initially to national and then nationalistic concerns. The article examines this development by analyzing how Old Norse material is used for the construction of a German national consciousness from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th. It compares the German reception of Old Norse mythology to that of the Icelandic sagas, focusing on the question of why the mythology was considered a common Germanic heritage and came to be viewed in Germany as German cultural property, whereas the sagas were regarded as Germanic as well as Icelandic. This paved the way for viewing Iceland as an antithesis of the modern world and therefore the ideal landscape of a Germanic antiquity regarded as classical. |
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http://archipel.uqam.ca/10425/ 222023430 http://archipel.uqam.ca/10425/1/222023430.pdf Zernack, Julia (2011). « Old Norse—Icelandic Literature and German Culture », dans Iceland and Images of the North, sous la dir. de Isleifsson, Sumarlidi R. et Chartier, Daniel. Québec, Presses de l'Université du Québec, coll. «Droit au pôle », pp. 157-186. |
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