Debiuty romantyków szwedzkich

Abstract

The text presents writers who represent Nordic Romanticism: Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790–1855), Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783–1847), Esaias Tegnér (1782–1846), Erik Johan Stagnelius (1793–1823). The research focused on the time of the writers’ debuts, combined with the cultural changes of the period. The earliest debut and, which is significant, program works were analyzed and interpreted, indicating a new vector of literary development in that domain. The article demonstrates that the debuts of Swedish Romantics revealed an integration with the then leading European artistic trends. They changed the Swedish literature profoundly, and thanks to them, Europe learned about the Scandinavian literature, which resulted in a double effect: it essentially enhanced the culture of the North and implanted it into the same-value tissue of European heritage.