Adam Oehlenschlager's 'Erik og Roller' and Danish romanticism. From: Scandinavian Studies | Date: March 22, 1993| Author: Hanson, Kathryn Shailer | COPYRIGHT 1993 Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Studying Adam Oehlenschlager's 'Erik og Roller' shows the main themes of Danish romanticism and how it differed from the German version. The poem shows the two themes that dominated Oehlenschlager's writing, the roles of good and evil in a harmonious world and the relationship between the heroes of the old Norse era and modern Christian man. The poem foreshadows the gods' fate in man's loss of faith in them and his alienation from nature. Oehlenschlager differs from German romanticism in that...

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