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Nationalism Romanticism Cultural nationalism Comparative history Intermediality Cultural history
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Author: Joep Leerssen
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Imprint: Amsterdam University Press
Edition: 0
ISBN: 9789462981188
ISBN 10: 9462981183
Pages: 1090
Publication Date: 15 July 2017
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Format: Hardback
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This excellent Encyclopedia is an extraordinarily rich source of information on the cultural background of nation-formation. Its sophisticated and effective system of cross-references allows it to go beyond earlier English-language surveys in mapping all European nations comprehensively, regardless of size or power, in both East and West. It is equally even-handed in analysing Romantic Nationalism , and the 19th-century national movements that were inspired by it, as motivated by an idealistic, Europe-wide cultivation effort for the improvement of national cultures (which I consider to form part of European values). - Prof. Miroslav Hroch, Charles University, Prague [-][-] [-][-] Ambitious in its scope and as far as I can see, impeccable in its execution, the ERNiE is a major addition to earlier historical encyclopaedias. It will become indispensable to scholars in all the disciplines concerned with either nationalism or romanticism. - Professor Peter Burke, University of Cambridge (Emmanuel College)[-][-] [-][-] The publication in hard copy of the comprehensive Online Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe, expertly conceived and edited by Joep Leerssen, takes place at a crucial moment in European history. This vast encyclopaedia is the essential resource for understanding the ethnocultural repertoires that, from the beginning of the nineteenth century, sought to define, indeed to create, the nations of Europe. Leerssen, the leading scholar of Romantic nationalism, has drawn on a vast network of scholars to present the entire spectrum of cultural production-linguistic, literary, material, and performative- that nineteenth-century Europeans, turning away from classicism and cosmopolitanism, mobilized to express their transcendent sense of national identity and destiny. As the entries, essays, and especially the introduction make clear, this early form of nationalism was at once particular, looking to the specificities of local language and custom, and still deeply interconnected through exchanges of letters, texts, and ideas across the continent and beyond. A particular strength of this vast resource is that it does not limit itself to those Romantic national movements that gave rise to modern European nation states. Rather it considers with equal attention those powerful movements that ultimately faded, thus forcefully reminding us of the contingent nature of those that did manage to unite cultural perception and political form and thus survive into the present. Today, for the first time in over a century, Europe must, in the words of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, take our fate in our own hands, and it must do so in a climate of renewed nationalist fervor, a nationalism far removed but not entirely separate from the Romantic nationalism presented in this massive publication. All those who hope to understand the deep roots of European identity and identities in these challenging times will profit from the Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe. - Patrick Geary, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton NJ USA
This excellent encyclopedia is an extraordinarily rich source of information on the cultural background of nation-formation. Its sophisticated and effective system of cross-references allows it to go beyond earlier English-language surveys in mapping all European nations comprehensively, regardless of size or power, in both East and West. It is equally even-handed in analysing Romantic Nationalism , and the 19th-century national movements that were inspired by it, as motivated by an idealistic, Europe-wide cultivation effort for the improvement of national cultures (which I consider to form part of European values). - Miroslav Hroch, Prague [-] [-]Ambitious in its scope and as far as I can see, impeccable in its execution, the Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe is a major addition to earlier historical encyclopaedias. It will become indispensable to scholars in all the disciplines concerned with either nationalism or romanticism. - Peter Burke, Cambridge [-] [-]This vast encyclopedia is the essential resource for understanding the ethnocultural repertoires that [=] sought to define, indeed to create, the nations of Europe. Leerssen, [=] has drawn on a vast network of scholars to present the entire spectrum of cultural production-linguistic, literary, material, and performative-that nineteenth-century Europeans [=] mobilized to express their transcendent sense of national identity [=] [I]n a climate of renewed nationalist fervor, [=] all those who hope to understand the deep roots of European identity and identities in these challenging times will profit from the Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe. - Patrick Geary, Princeton[-]
The Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe is Tom Shippey's The Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2018! The most important and impressive work of collective scholarship for many years has to be the two-volume Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe, edited by Joep Leerssen (Amsterdam University Press) (...) The Encyclopedia accordingly presents a matrix of some thirty 'Cultural Currents' (including mythology, the historical novel, national drama), and some fifty 'Cultural Communities', German and Danish, Gaelic and Galego. Hundreds more entries deal with prominent individuals, all meticulously cross-referenced. It's a work to dip into, for amusement, or learn to use, for scholarship. Transnational, multimedial, a shock on every page.[-][-]This excellent encyclopedia is an extraordinarily rich source of information on the cultural background of nation-formation. Its sophisticated and effective system of cross-references allows it to go beyond earlier English-language surveys in mapping all European nations comprehensively, regardless of size or power, in both East and West. It is equally even-handed in analysing 'Romantic Nationalism', and the 19th-century national movements that were inspired by it, as motivated by an idealistic, Europe-wide cultivation effort for the improvement of national cultures (which I consider to form part of European values). - Miroslav Hroch, Prague[-] [-]Ambitious in its scope and as far as I can see, impeccable in its execution, the Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe is a major addition to earlier historical encyclopaedias. It will become indispensable to scholars in all the disciplines concerned with either nationalism or romanticism. - Peter Burke, Cambridge [-] [-]This vast encyclopedia is the essential resource for understanding the ethnocultural repertoires that sought to define, indeed to create, the nations of Europe. Leerssen, has drawn on a vast network of scholars to present the entire spectrum of cultural production-linguistic, literary, material, and performative-that nineteenth-century Europeans mobilized to express their transcendent sense of national identity. In a climate of renewed nationalist fervor, all those who hope to understand the deep roots of European identity and identities in these challenging times will profit from the Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe. - Patrick Geary, Princeton[-][-]...we can conclude that this encyclopaedia constitutes a valuable research tool not only for anyone dealing with the specific phenomenon of romantic nationalism throughout the whole of Europe but also, generally, for anyone[-]researching modern European history. - The Historical Review/La Revue Historique, 2018[-][-]
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Joep Leerssen is one of the world's leading authorities on the cultural history of nationalism. For his work he was given the Spinoza Award in 2008.
