Free access to the past : romanticism, cultural heritage and the nation / / edited by Lotte Jensen, Joep Leerssen, and Marita Mathijsen.

Throughout Europe, nostalgia and modernization embraced around 1800: the rise of historicism coincided with the emergence of the modern nation-state. Poetical, cultural changes intersected with political, institutional ones: a Romantic taste for medieval or tribal antiquity benefited from a moderniz...

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Superior document:National cultivation of culture ; v. 2
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Year of Publication:2010
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:National cultivation of culture ; v. 2.
Physical Description:1 online resource (364 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / L. Jensen , J. Leerssen and M. Mathijsen-Verkooijen
  • Introduction / Joep Leerssen
  • The Melancholy Of History: Disenchantment And The Possibility Of Narrative After The French Revolution / Peter Fritzsche
  • The Emancipation Of The Past, As Due To The Revolutionary French Ideology Of Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité / Marita Mathijsen
  • Modernising The Past: The Life Of The Gauls Under The French Republic / Anne-Marie Thiesse
  • From Bökendorf To Berlin: Private Careers, Public Sphere, And How The Past Changed In Jacob Grimm’s Lifetime / Joep Leerssen
  • Public Commemorations And Private Interests: The Politics Of State Funerals In London And Paris, 1806–1810 / Eveline G. Bouwers
  • Inventing Literary Heritage: National Consciousness And Editorial Scholarship In Sweden, 1810–1830 / Paula Henrikson
  • Literature As Access To The Past: The Rise Of Historical Genres In The Netherlands, 1800–1850 / Lotte Jensen
  • Free Access To The History Of Art: Art Reproduction And The Appropriation Of The History Of Art In Nineteenth-Century Culture / R.M. Verhoogt
  • Potgieter’s ‘Rijksmuseum’ And The Public Presentation Of Dutch History In The National Museum (1800–1844) / Ellinoor Bergvelt
  • Singing Of Conquest? Opera, History, And The Ambiguities Of European Imperialism / Peter Rietbergen
  • Nineteenth-Century National Opera And Representations Of The Past In The Public Sphere / Krisztina Lajosi
  • ‘Reaping The Harvest Of The Experiment?’ The Government’s Attempt To Train Enlightened Citizens Through History Education In Revolutionary France (1789–1802) / Matthias Meirlaen
  • The Past As A Place: Challenging Private Ownership Of History In The United States / Sharon Ann Holt
  • Impressed Images/Expressed Experiences: The Historical Imagination Of Politics / Susan Legêne
  • Bibliography / L. Jensen , J. Leerssen and M. Mathijsen-Verkooijen
  • Index / L. Jensen , J. Leerssen and M. Mathijsen-Verkooijen.