This book explores the life and death of Magnús Hj. Magnússon through his diary, poetry and other writing, showing how best to use the methods of microhistory to address complicated historical situations. It is of use and interest to scholars of microhistory, social and cultural modern history, literary theory, anthropology and ethnology.
This book explores the life and death of Magnús Hj. Magnússon through his diary, poetry and other writing, showing how best to use the methods of microhistory to address complicated historical situations. It is of use and interest to scholars of microhistory, social and cultural modern history, literary theory, anthropology and ethnology.
Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon is Professor of Cultural History and chair of the Department of History and Philosophy at the University of Iceland. He is also chair of the Center for Microhistorical Research. His latest books in English are What is Microhistory? Theory and Practice (2013) co-authored with István M. Szijártó, and Minor Knowledge and Microhistory (2017), co-authored with Davíð Ólafsson. He is the founder and an editor of the book series "The Anthology of Icelandic Popular Culture" (Sýnisbók íslenskrar alþýðumenningar) and also co-editor with István M. Szijártó of the series, Microhistories, published by Routledge.
Inhaltsangabe
Part I The Normal exceptions and Stories from the People 1. Creating a Story 2. Real People and Fictional Ones 3. The Individual and Microhistory 4. The Normal Exception 5. The Book Part II Emotional Communities in the Life and Death of Magnús Hj. Magnússon 1. In Hostile Waters 2. A Harsh Life on the Farm of Hestur 3. Courtship 4. Matters of Life and Death 5. Matthildur's Death and the Poets 6. Saved by the Salvation Army? 7. Rape: Wrongful Ruling? 8. The High Court 9. Two Contrasting Arguments - New Sources 10. Days of Hope and Fear 11. Eternal Life Part III In the Company of Few 1. A Pointillist Portrait of a Person 2. The Conceptual Framework of Sex and Sexuality 3. Microhistory, Material Culture and Death 4. Fiction and Microhistory
Part I The Normal exceptions and Stories from the People 1. Creating a Story 2. Real People and Fictional Ones 3. The Individual and Microhistory 4. The Normal Exception 5. The Book Part II Emotional Communities in the Life and Death of Magnús Hj. Magnússon 1. In Hostile Waters 2. A Harsh Life on the Farm of Hestur 3. Courtship 4. Matters of Life and Death 5. Matthildur's Death and the Poets 6. Saved by the Salvation Army? 7. Rape: Wrongful Ruling? 8. The High Court 9. Two Contrasting Arguments - New Sources 10. Days of Hope and Fear 11. Eternal Life Part III In the Company of Few 1. A Pointillist Portrait of a Person 2. The Conceptual Framework of Sex and Sexuality 3. Microhistory, Material Culture and Death 4. Fiction and Microhistory
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