Machan Northern memories and the English Middle Ages

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5261-4536-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten

Reihe: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture

This book argues that the image of medieval England created by writers of the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries was deeply informed by medieval and modern Scandinavia. Protestant and monarchical, the Scandinavian region became an image of Britain’s noble past and an affirmation of its current global status.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Machan, Tim William

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Skandinavische Literaturen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 The spectacle of history
2 Modern travel, medieval places
3 Ethnography and heritage
4 An open air museum
5 Stories that make things real
6 Narrative, memory, meaning
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Tim William Machan is Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame