Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Remembering the Dead: Contexts of Cultural Sainthood -- Commemorative Cults of Poets and Writers: A Historical Perspective -- The Canonization of Cultural Saints: A Dynamic Model -- "Glory to Prešeren!": Canonizing a Paradigmatic Cultural Saint -- "I Sensed Your Desire for Your Home": Postulators of the Memory of Jónas Hallgrímsson -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index of Names
Summary
In National Poets, Cultural Saints Marijan Dović and Jón Karl Helgason explore the veneration of artists, writers, and poets in Europe, especially in the period 1840-1940, and present an analytical model of canonization for further studies on "cultural sainthood"-- Provided by Publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 23, 2017)
