Front Matter -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- I Introduction -- II Theoretical Perspectives -- III N.F.S. Grundtvig and His Danish Contemporaries -- IV European Contemporaries -- Contributors -- Index -- Back Matter
Summary
This interdisciplinary anthology offers new perspectives on the role of pre-Christian mythologies in the formation of national communities in 19th Century Europe. Through a combination of theoretical articles and case studies, it provides new understandings of how intellectual and cultural thinkers across Europe used pre-Christian mythologies as a resource for forging their respective national communities