Old English Studies and its Scandinavian Practitioners

An account of the Scandinavian contributions to the field of Old English studies from the eighteenth century onwards. The discipline of Old English Studies began in Scandinavia, not England, pioneered by the work of the great Danish scholar, N.F.S. Grundtvig (1783-1872) and continues to flourish in...

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description An account of the Scandinavian contributions to the field of Old English studies from the eighteenth century onwards. The discipline of Old English Studies began in Scandinavia, not England, pioneered by the work of the great Danish scholar, N.F.S. Grundtvig (1783-1872) and continues to flourish in the languages of the region (including Finland). This book offers a history of Scandinavian scholarship, in Neo-Latin, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, as well as Finnish and Sámi, from 1733 to the present day. It surveys the major events and texts in the discipline, and evaluates translations of Beowulf and other Old English prose and verse texts. It argues that nationalism, aesthetics, and spirituality are the chief motivators for Old English studies in the Nordic countries; although Romantic nationalism was a first mover for Old English studies, the qualities Scandinavians now seek in Old English literature-that we all seek-are transnational, existential, spiritual, and human. The study concludes with complete bibliographies of contributions in the Scandinavian languages to Old English studies and of translations of Old English literature into the Scandinavian languages. This book is available as Open Access under the Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1590222025-05-02T04:58:39Z Old English Studies and its Scandinavian Practitioners Bjork, Robert E Old Norse lexicon morphology syntax Bibliotecha Anglo-Saxonica Cædmon Layamon ballad homilies typology alliterative poetry philology J. R. R. Tolkien pneumatology Arthur O. Sandved Stefán Einarsson Frederik Hammerich Lars Gabriel Nilsson An account of the Scandinavian contributions to the field of Old English studies from the eighteenth century onwards. The discipline of Old English Studies began in Scandinavia, not England, pioneered by the work of the great Danish scholar, N.F.S. Grundtvig (1783-1872) and continues to flourish in the languages of the region (including Finland). This book offers a history of Scandinavian scholarship, in Neo-Latin, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, as well as Finnish and Sámi, from 1733 to the present day. It surveys the major events and texts in the discipline, and evaluates translations of Beowulf and other Old English prose and verse texts. It argues that nationalism, aesthetics, and spirituality are the chief motivators for Old English studies in the Nordic countries; although Romantic nationalism was a first mover for Old English studies, the qualities Scandinavians now seek in Old English literature-that we all seek-are transnational, existential, spiritual, and human. The study concludes with complete bibliographies of contributions in the Scandinavian languages to Old English studies and of translations of Old English literature into the Scandinavian languages. This book is available as Open Access under the Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND. 2025-05-02T04:58:37Z 2025-05-02T04:58:37Z 2025-05-01T13:28:23Z 2024 book ONIX_20250501_9781805434146_15 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/101247 9781805434146 9781843847267 9781843846505 9781843846529 9781843845614 9781805434252 9781843847274 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159022 eng Anglo-Saxon Studies open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101247/1/9781805434146.pdf Boydell & Brewer D.S.Brewer 10.7722/SBFA1632 10.7722/SBFA1632 7b5beb75-2e34-4246-8da6-875fc8894f70 9781805434146 9781843847267 9781843846505 9781843846529 9781843845614 9781805434252 9781843847274 D.S.Brewer 256 Woodbridge open access
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morphology
syntax
Bibliotecha Anglo-Saxonica
Cædmon
Layamon
ballad
homilies
typology
alliterative poetry
philology
J. R. R. Tolkien
pneumatology
Arthur O. Sandved
Stefán Einarsson
Frederik Hammerich
Lars Gabriel Nilsson
Bjork, Robert E
Old English Studies and its Scandinavian Practitioners
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lexicon
morphology
syntax
Bibliotecha Anglo-Saxonica
Cædmon
Layamon
ballad
homilies
typology
alliterative poetry
philology
J. R. R. Tolkien
pneumatology
Arthur O. Sandved
Stefán Einarsson
Frederik Hammerich
Lars Gabriel Nilsson
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lexicon
morphology
syntax
Bibliotecha Anglo-Saxonica
Cædmon
Layamon
ballad
homilies
typology
alliterative poetry
philology
J. R. R. Tolkien
pneumatology
Arthur O. Sandved
Stefán Einarsson
Frederik Hammerich
Lars Gabriel Nilsson
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