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Adolph Burnett Benson.
The Old Norse Element in Swedish Romanticism.
Published New York: AMS Press, 1966 (reprints the 1914 Columbia U.P. edn.)
Series: Columbia University Germanic Studies.
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound, published without a dustjacket.
Printed in the USA.
Size: 156x233x18mm.
Page count: xii, 192pp.
Main language: English; some quotations given without translation.
Overall condition good: boards slightly grubby, a little wear on the edges and corners; looks in good order internally, text appears to be free of marking.

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Weight without packaging: 515g.

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Contents: Intro. — Forforism & Gothism; Interest of the Forforists in Scandinavian antiquity; non‑Romantic interest in the Norse saga; Theoretical problem of introducing Norse mythology into Swedish art & poetry; Erik Johan Stagnelius — Old Norse element as vehicle for Romanticism; Nicander & Beskow, with reference to age of transition from Norse heathenism to Christianity, as reflected in Romantic dramas of these 2 men.
Appendix: Supplementary biographical & critical notes.

Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no
Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 7pp
Index: no

See also | Medievalism | Saga studies |
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