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Romantik 01 Journal for the Study of r omanticiS mS

ISBN 978-87-7124-086-3

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01 JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF ROMANTICISMS Editors Robert W. Rix (Aalborg University), Lis Møller (Aarhus University), Karina Lykke Grand (Aarhus University), Anna Lena Sandberg (University of )

Editorial Board Elisabeth Oxfeldt (University of ), Gunilla Hermansson (University of Gothenburg), Tomas Björk (Stockholm University), Lauri Suurpää (Sibelius Academy, Helsinki), Leena Eilittä (University of Helsinki)

Advisory Board Charles Armstrong (University of ), Paula Henrikson (Uppsala University), Jacob Bøggild (Aarhus University), David Fairer (University of Leeds), Karin Hoff (Georg- August-Universität Göttingen), Stephan Michael Schröder (University of Cologne)

Nordic Co-Editor (first issue) Leena Eilittä (University of Helsinki)

Main editorial contact Robert W. Rix [[email protected]]

Editorial Secretary Kasper Rueskov Guldberg

Subscription services Aarhus University Press [[email protected]]

The cover illustration is Scene from the Era of Norwegian Sagas (1850), a painting by the Norwegian artist Knud Baade (1808-1879). The depiction of the lonely Viking by the sea reflects the artist’s interest in Norse themes. It also demonstrates how he combined such subject matters with one of his other favourite genres, the Romantic moonlit landscape. This was a genre Baade knew well from , where he belonged to the circle of Ger- man Romantics that included and the Norwegian painter , who for a period was Baade’s teacher. Later, Baade settled in , where his work became quite popular. In 1851, King Ludwig I purchased one of his works, Phantasibild aus der norwegischen Sagazeit, for the collection of the Neue Pinakothek. This is very likely identical with the painting illustrated on this cover. It was sold in 1918, and was rediscovered in the collection of Mr. Asbjørn Lunde of New York only a few years ago. The history of the painting may be said to reflect the reception history of Romantic ideals: thrown out at the beginning of Modernism, neglected during large parts of the 20th century, only to be appreciated again in our time – as in the periodical Romantik. (Knut Ljøgodt)

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FOREWORD 6

ARTICLES

Alan Richardson THE POLITICS OF DREAMING 9 From Diderot to Keats and Shelley

Karin Sanders ‘LET’S BE HUMAN!’ 29 On the Politics of the Inanimate

Heinrich Detering H. C. ANDERSEN’S ‘SCHILLER FAIRY TALE’ 49 and the Post-Romantic Religion of Art

Gertrud Oelsner THE DEMOCRACY OF NATURE 69

Lone Kølle Martinsen THIS TIME AS ROMANTIC FICTION 103 Monarchism and Peasant Freedom in the Historical Literature of B. S. Ingemann 1824-1836

Joachim Schiedermair THE MASSES AND THE ELITE 125 The Conception of Social Inequality in 1840s Scandinavian Literature

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Knut Ljøgodt ‘NORTHERN GODS IN MARBLE’ 141 The Romantic Rediscovery of Norse Mythology

REVIEWS

Constructions of German Romanticism 167 Six Studies ed. Mattias Pirholt

Erindringens poetik 170 William Wordsworth, S. T. Coleridge, Thomas De Quincey by Lis Møller

CONFERENCE REVIEW

Romantic Intermediality 174 Helsinki 2011

ABOUT THE AUTHORS 179

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On behalf of the Nordic Association for Romantic Studies, we are delighted to announce the publication of the inaugural issue of Romantik: Journal for the Study of Romanticisms. The journal is a natural outgrowth of a series of papers that the Association has published since 1996. This series consisted of contributions from a num- ber of renowned Scandinavian and international scholars. We felt that a peer- reviewed journal would be the ideal vehicle to take the success of these papers a step further. Romantik is a multi-disciplinary journal dedicated to the study of both the cultural productions and the concept of Romanticism. The articles range over a variety of cultural practices from the period (c. 1780–1860), including the writ- ten word, visual arts, history, philosophy, religion and theatre. The journal is interested in the plurality of European romanticisms, as well as the connections between them. We aim to publish articles of relevance to both a Nordic and an international community. When accepting articles for the journal, we focus on the innovative- ness and presentation of the material, and we aim to publish articles only of the highest academic quality. Romantik is published once a year. There will be special issues on different themes of current critical interest. Each issue contains a review section, in which we draw special attention to works published in the Nordic countries, as well as exhibitions with relevance to Romanticism. The journal is published first as a printed edition and will then be available as an open access source after a one-year embargo period; we hope that this will increase the research impact of the articles. This issue contains articles that cover a broad range of disciplines, utilizing a wide range of methodological approaches. But, in stimulatingly diverse ways, they all address the connection between Romanticism and politics, which is a reflection of the call for papers that was sent out over a year ago. It is a particular pleasure to publish some of the cutting-edge research that is carried out among Scandinavian and German scholars, some of whom have had their articles trans- lated.

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The website and research forum www.romantikstudier.dk is closely connected with the journal. In addition to scanned texts of the issues published in the origi- nal series of papers, the website will also feature the most extensive listing of conference alerts, news, exhibitions etc. in the Nordic countries. We would like to thank our editorial secretary Kasper Rueskov Guldberg, who suffered patiently through our teething process, as we put our workflows in place. We also extend our thanks to Aarhus University Press for their professionalism, which has made the printed version of this journal a reality. This inaugural issue owes its existence to the generous funding we have re- ceived from NOP-HS (the Nordic Board for Periodicals in the Humanities and Social Sciences). We would also like to extend our thanks to AU Ideas, who made possible the publication of the many illustrations included within these pages.

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