Ossian in the North

Ossian in the North

The Poems of Ossian were instrumental in putting the North in Europe into a new and elevated cultural perspective. The first part of this essay examines how the general aesthetic development in the North of Europe was in many ways determined by the paradigm shift ushered in by the poems, despite lat...

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Published in:Translation and literature Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 361 - 382
Main Author: Kristmannsson, Gauti
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: UK Edinburgh University Press 01-11-2013
Subjects:
Essays
Literary Studies
Niels Gade
Sveinbjörn Egilsson
Grímur Thomsen
Bjarni Thorarensen
Jónas Hallgrímsson
Ossian
Steingrímur Thorsteinsson
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Summary:The Poems of Ossian were instrumental in putting the North in Europe into a new and elevated cultural perspective. The first part of this essay examines how the general aesthetic development in the North of Europe was in many ways determined by the paradigm shift ushered in by the poems, despite latter-day denials. Two case studies are briefly presented: the first is the modern denial of Ossianic influence on Danish arts, literature, music and visual art; the second the actual reception in Iceland, the country which, for some, represented the Northern 'counter example' to Ossian, with the manuscripts of Eddas and Sagas.
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ISSN:0968-1361
1750-0214
DOI:10.3366/tal.2013.0128