National Heroes and National Identities: Scotland, Norway and Lithuania

by Linas Eriksonas

This book investigates the concept of the heroic, questions what it is that makes the national hero an indispensable appendage to any possible interpretation of national identity, and asks why scholars stop short before coming to terms with this elusive phenomenon. It finds answers by following heroic traditions in Scotland, Norway and Lithuania from the early modern period to the twentieth century. The book argues that heroic traditions - prevailing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9052012008
• ISBN13: 9789052012001
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Editions Scientifiques
• Length: 320 Pages