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Author Kiss, Csaba G

Title The Anthems of East-Central Europe Reflections on the History of a National Symbol
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (163 p.)
Series Routledge Histories of Central and Eastern Europe Series
Routledge Histories of Central and Eastern Europe Series
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: The Dialogue of Anthems -- 1. Nationalism and Nation-Building in East-Central Europe -- 2. National Symbols and Myths -- 3. The National Anthem -- A literary genre and national symbol -- Types of modern national anthems -- The anthem's role in national representation -- 4. Collective Symbols: Anthem Archetypes -- 5. The Poem-Symbols of National Representation -- Selected texts -- Texts in the context of their authors' cultures -- Classification of texts by their themes
Dynastic anthems -- Revolutionary marches, "folk anthems" -- Anthems glorifying the ideal landscape of the homeland -- Anthems of the memory and value community -- Between myth and history -- 6. The "Interaction" of Anthems -- 7. Images of Homeland and Nation in the Anthems -- In the context of understanding the nation in East-Central Europe -- Country, homeland, territory -- Imagined Homelands -- Religious and denominational identity in the anthems -- Homelands by language and origin -- The horizon of humanity -- Features of the national self-image -- The homeland as Eden, Arcadia and Canaan
The homeland as a tragic space -- Adopted values, freedom vs. slavery -- Images of self and enemy -- Unity and dissension -- 8. National History and Its Heroes -- 9. Symbols of Space in the Anthems -- 10. Paths to the Rank of National Anthem -- 11. After the Second World War -- Appendix: Anthems and National Symbol-Poems -- Bibliography -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000867442
1000867447