In:Exploring NORDIC COOL in Literary History
Edited by Gunilla Hermansson and Jens Lohfert Jørgensen
[FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures 15] 2020
► pp. 191–204
The sublime North
Iceland as an artistic discourse originating in the nineteenth century
Published online: 1 December 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/fillm.15.12egi
https://doi.org/10.1075/fillm.15.12egi
Article outline
- The romantic era
- The Nordic sublime
- The post-romantic Era
Notes Bibliography
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