| National Poets, Cultural Saints: Canonization and Commemorative Cults of Writers in Europe Contributor(s): Dovic (Author), Helgason (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004335390 ISBN-13: 9789004335394 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $143.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Poetry | Ancient & Classical - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Nationalism & Patriotism |
| Series: National Cultivation of Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.05 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In National Poets, Cultural Saints Marijan Dovic and J n Karl Helgason explore the ways in which certain artists, writers, and poets in Europe have become major figures of cultural memory, emulating the symbolic role formerly played by state rulers and religious saints. The authors develop the concept of cultural sainthood in the context of nationalism as a form of invisible religion, identify major shifts in canonization practices from antiquity to the nationally-motivated commemoration of the nineteenth century, and explore the afterlives of two national poets, Slovenia's France Preseren and Iceland's J nas Hallgr msson. The book presents a useful analytical model of canonization for further studies on cultural sainthood and opens up fruitful perspectives for the understanding of national movements. |