The Return of King Arthur and the Nibelungen : National Myth in Nineteenth-Century English and German Literature.

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Oergel, Maike
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter, 1997.
Series:European cultures.
Subjects:
1800-1899
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Arthurian romances > History and criticism.
German literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Comparative literature > English and German.
Comparative literature > German and English.
Mythology, Germanic, in literature.
Medievalism > History > 19th century.
Middle Ages in literature.
Nibelungen in literature.
Britons in literature.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Cycle d'Arthur > Histoire et critique.
Littérature allemande > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature comparée > Anglaise et allemande.
Littérature comparée > Allemande et anglaise.
Mythologie germanique dans la littérature.
Médiévisme > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Moyen Âge dans la littérature.
Nibelungen dans la littérature.
Bretons de Grande-Bretagne dans la littérature.
Arthurian romances
Britons in literature
Comparative literature > English and German
Comparative literature > German and English
English literature
German literature
Medievalism
Middle Ages in literature
Mythology, Germanic, in literature
Nibelungen in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Introduction: National Myth
  • Mythic or National
  • CHAPTER 1: The Investment of Literature with Mythic Significance
  • CHAPTER 2: The Investment of History with Mythic Significance
  • CHAPTER 3: The Search for the Legitimising Mythic Matter of the Moderns: From Homer's Heroes to Gothic Knights and Back
  • CHAPTER 4: The National Dimension of the New Mythic Materials: "Volkspoesie", Ballad Revival and the Germanic Nations' Mission in History
  • CHAPTER 5: The Representative National Individual: The Emergence of Siegfried and King Arthur
  • CHAPTER 6: The Results: Richard Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen and Alfred Tennyson's Idylls of the King as Modern National Myths
  • CONCLUSION: Arthur, Siegfried and the Germanic
  • A Qualification of the Difference between the German and the Western Tradition
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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