The notions of culture and civilization are at the heart of European self-image. This book focuses on how space and spatiality contributed to defining these concepts and, conversely, what kind of spatial ramifications "culture" and "civilization" entailed. The volume offers a new perspective on the formative period of modern Europe.

Introduction Asko Nivala, Hannu Salmi and Jukka Sarjala Part I: Bildung, Civilisation and Cultural Space 1. Catastrophic Revolution and the Rise of Romantic Bildung Asko Nivala 2. Classical Civilisation Confronts Modern Nationalism: Greek Colonies in Early Nineteenth-Century Scholarship Janne Tunturi 3. Between Nostalgia and Utopia: The Construction of Jewish Cultural Space in Early Nineteenth-Century Europe Jakob Egholm Feldt and Cecilie S. Schrøder Simonsen Part II: Centres and Borderlands 4. The Colonial Displacement of Culture: Social Spaces and Boundaries in a Nineteenth-Century Diary from Greenland Inge Seiding 5. Nordic Travellers Between the Centres and Peripheries of Civilisation Heli Rantala 6. The Kalevala and the Cartography of Poetry and Knowledge Juhana Saarelainen Part III: Challenging Spatial Boundaries 7. Viral Virtuosity and the Itineraries of Celebrity Culture Hannu Salmi 8. Charles Dickens and the "Vagabond Savage" Adam Hansen 9. Travelling Through Urban Space: The Romantic Imagination of E. T. A. Hoffmann Jukka Sarjala Appendix: Further Reading

Hannu Salmi is Professor of Cultural History at the University of Turku, Finland.

Asko Nivala is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Cultural History at the University of Turku, Finland.

Jukka Sarjala is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Cultural History at the University of Turku, Finland.