Denmark's Catalyst : The Life and Letters of N.F.S.Grundtvig / Edward Broadbridge, Hans Raun Iversen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Broadbridge, Edward, author.

Iversen, Hans Raun, author.

Series:

N. F. S. Grundtvig: Works in English Series

Language:

Danish

Subjects (All):

Grundtvig, N. F. S. (Nicolai Frederik Severin), 1783-1872.

Grundtvig, N. F. S.

Lutheran Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (512 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, 2023.

Summary:

Denmark's Catalyst. The Life and Letters of N.F.S. Grundtvig is the final book in the 6-volume series 'N.F.S. Grundtvig. Works in English', Published by Aarhus University Press. Translator Edward Broadbridge joins forces with Grundtvig scholar Hans Raun Iversen in this biography of the most influential Dane in modern Denmark's history. Grundtvig (1783-1872) was a pastor, pedagogue, poet, politician, and philosopher all rolled into one. Best known internationally for his concepts of a people's (folk) high school, of 'learning for life' and of 'lifelong learning', in Denmark he is equally famous as the nation-builder and champion of 'the common good'.This comprehensive, illustrated biography is supplemented by 70 letters tracing Grundtvig's first-hand experiences in surprisingly honest terms, including his love life, his depressions, and his four trips to England.Edward Broadbridge was born in London but has lived most of his life in Denmark, where he has been awarded the Grundtvig Prize for his translations of Grundtvig's hymns. Copenhagen University theologian Hans Raun Iversen has an honorary doctorate from Uppsala University and has written extensively on Grundtvig.

Contents:

Front Matter

Table of Contents

Illustrations

Foreword

Notes on Contributors

Abbreviations

The Making of Modern Denmark

The path enlightened by our fathers' worth

Little God's child, what troubles you? (1783-98)

I must write or I must die! (1798-1803)

Staring at her beauty: (1803-08)

Are you yourself a Christian? (1808-11)

Fight! was my song: (1811-15)

Time will tell the Truth: (1816-21)

I am only cut out for preaching! (1821-26)

Freedom our watchword must be in the North! (1827-32)

A lean agreement is better than a fat conflict: (1833-38)

I have never spoken to so many ears: (1839-44)

I always know better than most people: (1845-51)

She is not dead, she sleeps awhile: (1851-54)

Youth and Old Age play Hide-and-seek: (1855-63)

Old enough have I become now: (1864-72)

Grundtvig the Man

Grundtvig's Legacy in Denmark

Grundtvig's International Reception

Sources

Appendix 1: Memorials to Grundtvig

Appendix 2: Grundtvig's Addresses

Appendix 3: Grundtvig's Marriages and Descendants

Appendix 4: Grundtvig's Political Career

Appendix 5: Monarchs and Bishops in Grundtvig's Time

Bibliography

Writers, Sources, and Dates

Foreword to the Letters and Dates

Letters 1-70

Grundtvig's Works

Indexes

N. F. S. Grundtvig. Works in English

Afterword

Back Matter.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

87-7219-828-1

87-7219-827-3

OCLC:

1564378966