Format:
VII, 286 Seiten
Edition:
First published
ISBN:
9781501344695
,
9781501310010
Series Statement:
Literatures as World Literature
Content:
"Despite being a minor language, Danish literature is one of the world's most actively translated, and the Scandinavian state is the home of a number of significant writers. Hans Christian Andersen remains one of the most translated authors in the world, philosopher Søren Kierkegaard inspired modern Existentialism, Karen Blixen chronicled her life in colonial Kenya as well as writing imaginary, cosmopolitan tales, and the writers among the circles of literary critic Georg Brandes in the late 19th century were especially important to the further development of European Modernism. Danish Literature as World Literature introduces key figures from 800 years of Danish literature and their impact on world literature. It includes chapters devoted to post-1945 literature on beat and systemic poetry as well as the Scandinavia noir vogue that in both crime fiction and cinema. "--
Content:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Danish Literature as World Literature / Dan Ringgaard and Mads Rosendahl Thomsen (Aarhus University, Denmark) -- History of the Danes: Saxo the Grammarian and Saxo the Rune Master / Pernille Hermann (Aarhus University, Denmark) -- Travelling Ballads: The Dissemination of Danish Medieval Ballads in Germany and Britain, 1760s to 1830s / Lis Møller (Aarhus University, Denmark) -- Ludvig Holberg: A Man of Transition in the 18th Century / Svend Erik Larsen (Aarhus University, Denmark) -- A Man of the World: Hans Christian Andersen / Karin Sanders (University of California, Berkeley, USA) -- Straight into the Bliss of Knowing: Søren Kierkegaard's Influence on Franz Kafka / Isak Winkel Holm (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) -- Modern Denmark: Brandes-Jacobsen-Bang / Annegret Heitmann (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany) -- Towards a New World: Johannes V. Jensen and Henrik Pontoppidan / Jon Helt Haarder (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) -- Out of Africa, into World Literature / Lasse Horne Kjældgaard (Roskilde University, Denmark) -- Breaking New Ground: Danish Poets in the Intersection Between Modernism and Postmodernism / Anne-Marie Mai (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) -- 'A Faithful, Attentive, Tireless Following': Cultural Mobility, Crime Fiction, and Television Drama / C. Claire Thomson and Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen (University College London, UK)
Note:
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
,
Literaturangaben
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501310027
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501310034
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Danish literature as world literature New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017 ISBN 9781501310041
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501310034
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501310027
Language:
English
Subjects:
Scandinavian Studies
Keywords:
Dänisch
;
Literatur
;
Weltliteratur
;
Geschichte
Author information:
Ringgaard, Dan 1963-
