Title British romanticism and Denmark / Cian Duffy

Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 246 pages) Series Edinburgh critical studies in Romanticism Edinburgh critical studies in romanticism. Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Selected Chronology -- Introduction: 'The country of our ancestors' -- 1. 'One of the finest capitals of Europe': Some British Romantic Views of Copenhagen -- 2. 'The dwelling-place of a mighty people': Travellers beyond Copenhagen -- 3. 'A mine yet to be explored': Romanticism and Anglo-Danish Literary Exchanges -- 3. 'A mine yet to be explored': Romanticism and Anglo-Danish Literary Exchanges -- 5. 'No trifling kingdom': Anglo-Danish Politics beyond the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars -- Coda: The 'German' Oehlenschläger -- Appendices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary Traces a multifaceted discourse about Denmark in British eighteenth-century and Romantic-period cultureOffers original perspectives on British, Danish, and European Romanticism, and the relationship between themContributes to the scholarly discussion of Romantic nationalism and the emergence of the idea of 'regional' cultural identities in the early nineteenth centuryAddresses a wide range of Nordic as well as Anglophone scholarshipProvides a select chronology of key historical events and points of cultural contact between Britain and Denmark in the long eighteenth centuryBritish Romanticism and Denmark shows how the articulation in British Romantic-period writing of the idea of a 'Northern' cultural identity - shared by Britain and Denmark and rooted in the Classical Scandinavian past - played an important role in the emergence and development of Romanticism and Romantic nationalism in both countries. By addressing a wide range of Nordic as well as Anglophone scholarship, this study offers new perspectives on British, Danish and European Romanticisms, and on the relationship between them Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes In English Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 01, 2022) Subject English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism National characteristics, Scandinavian, in literature. Romanticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Direction & Production English literature National characteristics, Scandinavian, in literature Romanticism Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 1474498248 9781474498241 9781474498258 1474498256

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