The Northern Utopia
Subtitle: British Perceptions of Norway in the Nineteenth Century (Studia Imagologica 10) (Studia Imagologica)
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: June 2003
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9789042008465
Subjects: Classic travel writing; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Literary studies: 19th century; Norway; United Kingdom, Great Britain; c 1800 to c 1900; English
First sentence: In an article entitled 'The Viking Road', the writer and broadcaster Magnus Magnusson sees the daring engineering skills required for the modern oil installations in the North Sea as an echo of the equally adventurous spirit and the maritime expertise represented by the Viking longships more than a thousand years ago (Magnusson 1990, 1).