Myth and national identity in nineteenth century Britain the legends of King Arthur and Robin Hood
"In nineteenth-century Britain, the legends of King Arthur and Robin Hood played an important role in construction of contemporary national identity. These two legends provide excellent windows through which to view British culture, because they offer very different perspectives. King Arthur an...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Oxford u.a.
Oxford Univ. Press
2000
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
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Arthur <King> - In literature
> Artus
> Robin
> Geschichte 1800-1900
> Engels
> Letterkunde
> Mythische figuren
> Nationale identiteit
> Englisch
> Geschichte
> Literatur
> Nationalbewusstsein
> Arthurian romances
> Adaptations
> Britons in literature
> English literature
> History and criticism
> Medievalism
> History
> Myth in literature
> National characteristics, British, in literature
> Nationalism and literature
> Nationalism in literature
> Outlaws in literature
> Robin Hood (Legendary character) in literature
> Rezeption
> Artusepik
> Großbritannien
> Great Britain
> Civilization
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "In nineteenth-century Britain, the legends of King Arthur and Robin Hood played an important role in construction of contemporary national identity. These two legends provide excellent windows through which to view British culture, because they offer very different perspectives. King Arthur and Robin Hood have traditionally been diametrically opposed in terms of their ideological orientation. The former is a king, a man at the pinnacle of the social and political hierarchy, whereas the latter is an outlaw, and is therefore completely outside conventional hierarchical structures. The fact that two such different figures could simultaneously function as British national heroes suggests that nineteenth-century British nationalism did not represent a single set of values and ideas, but rather that it was forced to assimilate a variety of competing points of view."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Beschreibung: | VIII, 274 S. |
| ISBN: | 019820728X 0-19-820728-X |