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National Poets, Cultural Saints: Canonization and Commemorative Cults of Writers in Europe (National Cultivation of Culture, 12)

National Poets, Cultural Saints: Canonization and Commemorative Cults of Writers in Europe (National Cultivation of Culture, 12)

Marijan Dovi
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In National Poets, Cultural Saints Marijan Dovic and Jón 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 Jónas Hallgrímsson. 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.
Language
English
Pages
248
Format
Hardcover
Release
December 08, 2016
ISBN 13
9789004335394

National Poets, Cultural Saints: Canonization and Commemorative Cults of Writers in Europe (National Cultivation of Culture, 12)

Marijan Dovi
0/5 ( ratings)
In National Poets, Cultural Saints Marijan Dovic and Jón 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 Jónas Hallgrímsson. 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.
Language
English
Pages
248
Format
Hardcover
Release
December 08, 2016
ISBN 13
9789004335394

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