[gothic-l] Re: Hey Bertil

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In *what way* would you say it's dated?

Would you say his works are still *relevant*?

Hans

--- In gothic-l at y..., Bertil Häggman <mvk575b at t...> wrote:
> Hans,
> 
> Viktor Rydberg was a well-known Swedish poet, author
> and journalism professor who published extensively in 
> the end of the 19th century. In the field of Germanic studies his
> best known work is _Undersoekningar i germanisk 
> mythologi_ (1886-89). As a contribor to the Swedish
> National Encyclopedia I received an special edition
> of Rydberg's _Sagan om svaerdet_ (The Saga of
> the Sword, 75 short chapters, 220 pp) with the original 
> manuscript text. 
> 
> Originally the text for _Segersvaerdet_
> (The Sword of Victory), published as a series of
> articles in "Ny svensk tidskrift" (1884), was believed to 
> be identical to Rydberg's original manuscript.
> But it was not so. In the articles the text had
> ben condensed and changed. So the 1993 edition in
> fact was an until now unknown work by Rydberg.
> What I mean to say is that Rydberg is still published
> in Sweden although his research by now may
> be dated.
> 
> Gothically 
> 
> Bertil
> 
> > I'd just like to have your opinion on something if I may. How 
would 
> > you deem the credibility of *Den äldre medeltidens 
kulturhistoria* 
> > (in *Kulturhistoriska föreläsningar*) by Viktor Rydberg?


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