Teutonic Myth and Legend : An Introduction to the Eddas and Sagas, Beowulf, the Nibelungenlied, etc.
London: The Gresham Publishing Company, [c. 1913]. With illustrations in colour and monochrome from famous paintings and statuary. First edition, first printing. Publisher's green cloth, illustratively stamped in gilt and black, teg. Octavo. xlvii, 469. 8.5" x 5.5" Bowed front board, slight lean, lightly rubbed extremities, small stain and light scratches to front board, faintly foxed edges, still near fine. Overall a sturdy and internally clean copy. Item #237321
TEUTONIC REVIVAL OF SCOTTISH POETRY
Mackenzie's Teutonic Myth and Legend, published as part of the Myth and Legend in Literature and Art series, reconstructed ancient Germanic mythologies in narrative form for a modern audience. Mackenzie, an accomplished myth scholar on the cutting edge of the ethnological approach of the early twentieth century, argued for the richness of the Teutonic oral tradition, as the tribes had more time for the old gods to seep into their folk tales because of the late arrival of Christianity. Given the shared mythological roots of the Celts and Teutons, Mackenzie also urged contemporary poets to take influence from both traditions to "stir to life a great Romantic revival which will be productive of a new and virile literature truly national in character."
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