Finding List Of Scandinavian Literature
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Finding List Of The Chicago Public Library
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Author : Chicago Public Library
language : da
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890
Finding List Of The Chicago Public Library written by Chicago Public Library and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with Scandinavian literature categories.
Essays On Scandinavian Literature
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Author : Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
Essays On Scandinavian Literature written by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Fiction categories.
Björnstjerne Björnson is the first Norwegian poet who can in any sense be called national. The national genius, with its limitations as well as its virtues, has found its living embodiment in him. Whenever he opens his mouth it is as if the nation itself were speaking. If he writes a little song, hardly a year elapses before its phrases have passed into the common speech of the people; composers compete for the honor of interpreting it in simple, Norse-sounding melodies, which gradually work their way from the drawing-room to the kitchen, the street, and thence out over the wide fields and highlands of Norway. His tales, romances, and dramas express collectively the supreme result of the nation's experience, so that no one to-day can view Norwegian life or Norwegian history except through their medium. The bitterest opponent of the poet (for like every strong personality he has many enemies) is thus no less his debtor than his warmest admirer. His speech has stamped itself upon the very language and given it a new ring, a deeper resonance. His thought fills the air, and has become the unconscious property of all who have grown to manhood and womanhood since the day when his titanic form first loomed up on the horizon of the North. It is not only as their first and greatest poet that the Norsemen love and hate him, but also as a civilizer in the widest sense. But like Kadmus, in Greek myth, he has not only brought with him letters, but also the dragon-teeth of strife, which it is to be hoped will not sprout forth in armed men. A man's ancestry and environment, no doubt, account in a superficial manner for his appearance and mental characteristics. Having the man, we are able to trace the germs of his being in the past of his race and his country; but, with all our science we have not yet acquired the ingenuity to predict the man—to deduce him a priori from the tangle of determining causes which enveloped his birth. It seems beautifully appropriate in the Elder Edda that the god-descended hero Helge the Völsung should be born amid gloom and terror in a storm which shakes the house, while the Norns—the goddesses of fate—proclaim in the tempest his tempestuous career. Equally satisfactory it appears to have the modern champion of Norway—the typical modern Norseman—born on the bleak and wild Dovre Mountain, where there is winter eight months of the year and cold weather during the remaining four. The parish of Kvikne, in Oesterdalen, where his father, the Reverend Peder Björnson, held a living, had a bad reputation on account of the unruly ferocity and brutal violence of the inhabitants. One of the Reverend Peder Björnson's recent predecessors never went into his pulpit, unarmed; and another fled for his life. The peasants were not slow in intimating to the new pastor that they meant to have him mind his own business and conform to the manners and customs of the parish; but there they reckoned without their host. The reverend gentleman made short work of the opposition. He enforced the new law of compulsory education without heeding its unpopularity; and when the champion fighter of the valley came as the peasants' spokesman to take him to task in summary fashion, he found himself, before he was aware of it, at the bottom of the stairs, where he picked himself up wonderingly and promptly took to his heels.
Dictionary Of Scandinavian Literature
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Author : Virpi Zuck
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1990-11-29
Dictionary Of Scandinavian Literature written by Virpi Zuck and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-11-29 with Literary Criticism categories.
A heroic undertaking, this extremely useful encyclopedia covers the literatures of all five Nordic countries as well as Faroese, Inuit, and Sami....is especially valuable in that it brings to light the sophistication and richness of literature in Finland and Iceland...highly recommended. Library Journal The Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature is the only English-language work of its kind. Unlike literary handbooks that cover a single literature, the dictionary covers the literature of the five Nordic countries from the Icelandic sagas to authors active in the 1980s. In addition to 380 individual entries, the volume includes lengthier essays on topics ranging from Inuit Literature to Scandinavian Studies in North America and Britain. Many of the topical articles are unique in that no systematic English-language treatment of the topic has previously appeared in print. Each entry concludes with a list of references and, in the case of author entries, a list of the author's works in the original as well as in English translation. For use in public libraries, small college libraries, as well as larger research libraries, the Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature is a reference tool for the nonspecialist and specialist alike. The bibliographies appended to every article will be of value to students looking for up-to-date secondary literature on an author or a topic, and the listings of English translations should be useful to instructors who teach courses of Scandinavian Literature in English Translation.
Dictionary Of Scandinavian Literature
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Author : Virpi Zuck
language : en
Publisher: Saint James Press
Release Date : 1990
Dictionary Of Scandinavian Literature written by Virpi Zuck and has been published by Saint James Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Scandinavian literature categories.
Covering the literature of the five Nordic countries, this dictionary includes 380 individual entries and lengthier essays on topics ranging from Inuit literature to Scandinavian studies in North America and Britain. Each entry concludes with a list of references and author's works in the original as well as in English translation.
Essays On Scandinavian Literature Classic Reprint
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Author : Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-10-11
Essays On Scandinavian Literature Classic Reprint written by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-11 with Literary Collections categories.
Excerpt from Essays on Scandinavian Literature Some twenty years ago the ambition seized me to write a History of Scandinavian Literature. I scarcely realized then what an enormous amount of reading would be required to equip me for this task. My studies naturally led me much beyond the s00pe of my original intention. There was a fascination in the work which lured me perpetually on, and made me explore with a constantly increas ing zest the great literary personalities of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Thus my chapter on Hen rik Ibsen grew into a book of three hundred and seventeen pages, which was published a year ago, and must be regarded as supplementary to the present volume. The chapter on Bjornstjerne Bjornson was in danger of expanding to similar proportions, and only the most heroic condensation saved it from challenging criticism as an inde pendent work. As regards Norway and Denmark, I have endeavored to select all the weightiest and most representative names. The Swedish authors Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Mrs. Edgren, and Au gust Strindberg, and the Dane Oehlenschlaeger. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A List Of Five Hundred Books By Scandinavians And About Scandinavia
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Author : American-Scandinavian Foundation
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1921
A List Of Five Hundred Books By Scandinavians And About Scandinavia written by American-Scandinavian Foundation and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1921 with English literature categories.
Historical Dictionary Of Scandinavian Literature And Theater
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Author : Jan Sjåvik
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2006-04-19
Historical Dictionary Of Scandinavian Literature And Theater written by Jan Sjåvik and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
The literature of Scandinavia is amazingly rich and varied, consisting of the works produced by the countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, and stretching from the ancient Norse Sagas to the present day. While much of it is unknown outside of the region, some has gained worldwide popularity, including the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, the stories of Isak Dinesen, and the plays of Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg. While obviously including the area's most famous works, the Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater also provides information on lesser known authors and currents trends, literary circles and journals, and historical background. This is accomplished through a list of acronyms, a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries, which together make this reference the most comprehensive and up to date work of its kind related to Scandinavian literature and theater available anywhere.
An Introduction To Scandinavian Literature
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Author : Elias Bredsdorff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1951
An Introduction To Scandinavian Literature written by Elias Bredsdorff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with Littérature scandinave - Histoire et critique categories.
Guide To Nordic Bibliography
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Author : Erland Munch-Petersen
language : en
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Release Date : 1984
Guide To Nordic Bibliography written by Erland Munch-Petersen and has been published by Nordic Council of Ministers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Reference categories.
Finding List
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Author : Chicago Public Library
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887
Finding List written by Chicago Public Library and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887 with Library catalogs categories.