Aesthetics of Protestantism in Northern Europe

Exploring the Field

By (author) Brepols Publishers Edited by Joachim Grage Edited by Thomas Mohnike Edited by Lena Rohrbach

Book cover: Aesthetics of Protestantism in Northern Europe

Extent: 260 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Cultural Studies, Literary Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Aesthetics of Protestantism in Northern Europe

Series volume number: 1

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2022)

ISBN: 9782503601601

Price: $100.00

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This book explores the aesthetic consequences of Protestantism in Scandinavia. Fourteen case studies from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century discuss five abstract and trans-historical principles that characterize Scandinavian aesthetics and that arguably derive from Protestant thinking and practice, namely: simplicity, logocentrism, tension between pronounced individualism and collectivism, relatedness to the world, and ethics. The contributions address the peculiar aesthetics of Scandinavian print, literature, architecture, film, and opera and reflect on the influence of Protestant traditions on the establishment of genres and writing practices. This volume is the first in a new series that will focus on the aesthetics of Protestantism in Scandinavia, both theoretically and through exemplary individual analyses.

  • By (author) Brepols Publishers
  • Edited by Joachim Grage
  • Edited by Thomas Mohnike
  • Edited by Lena Rohrbach