Mythology and Nation Building: N.F.S. Grundtvig and His European Contemporaries

by Pierre-Brice Stahl (Editor), Pierre-Brice Stahl (Editor)

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 utilised pre-Christian mythologies as a resource for forging their respective national communities.

220 pages, Hardcover

Published July 30, 2021