Northern Memories and the English Middle Ages

Informationen zum Autor Tim William Machan is Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 The spectacle of history2 Modern travel, medieval places3 Ethnography and heritage4 An open air museum5 Stories that make things real6 Narrative, memory, meaningIndex

Product details

• Authors: Tim William Machan, Machan Tim William
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781526145352
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-4535-2
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; England, Cultural Studies, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 18th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 17th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval