Author: John Willis ClarkPublisher:
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Category : Norway
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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A Long Vacation Ramble in Norway and Sweden
Author: John Willis ClarkPublisher:
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Category : Norway
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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The Northern Utopia
Author: Peter FjågesundPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004485015
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 415
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In the nineteenth century, the ancient ‘filial tie’ between Britain and Norway was rediscovered by a booming tourist industry which took thousands across the North Sea to see the wonders of the fjords, the fjelds, and the beauties of the North Cape. This illustrated volume, for the first time, collects together vivid – and predominantly first-hand – impressions of the country recorded by nearly two hundred British travellers and other commentators, including Thomas Malthus, Charlotte Brontë, Lord Tennyson, and William Gladstone. In a rich selection of travel writing, fiction, poetry, journalism, political speeches, and art, Norway emerges as a refreshingly natural utopia, happily free from her imperial neighbour’s increasing problems with the side-effects of industrialisation. This is a fascinating examination of the people, institutions, customs, language and environment of Norway seen through the eyes of the British. Using the tools of literary and historical scholarship, Fjågesund and Symes set these perceptions in their nineteenth-century context, throwing light on such issues as progress, art and aesthetics, democracy, religion, nationhood, race, class, and gender, all of which occupied Europe at the time. The Northern Utopia will be of particular interest to students of British and Scandinavian cultural history, literature and travel writing. It will also enthral all those who love Norway.
Framing a National Narrative
Author: Marte H. HultPublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814330067
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The first in-depth analysis of the independent work of Norwegian folklorist Peter Christen Asbjornsen, and a unique look at Norwegian identity formation. When Peter Christen Asbjornsen (1812-1885) published his collection of folktales, which became a classic of Norway's romantic period, his accomplishment went far beyond the folklorist's goal of documenting fascinating stories from various regions of his country. His Norske Imldreeventyr og folkesagn was not only a work of literature but also a codification of certain assumptions for the readers of its time. It reflected cultural and intellectual currents in microcosm and helped to create a worldview that is still relevant in Norway today. In this long overdue analysis of Asbjornsen's collection, Marte Hvam Hult establishes him as a major force in the development of Norwegian national identity and argues that his work should assume a more prominent place in the Norwegian literary canon. Asbjornsen is best known as Jorgen Moe's collaborator on the famous collection of folktales, Norske folkeeventyr, which sparked debate about how the Norwegian language should appear in print. In Norske huldreeventyr og folkesagn, Asbjornsen blended a literary perspective with that of a folklorist to create a remarkable synthesis of the real and the imagined. Studying this collection from a literary point of view, Hult considers such themes as the appropriation of a harsh natural environment and human interaction with both the ethnic and supernatural Other. She discusses how Asbjornsen helped to establish the modern Norwegian novel and how his depiction of plurality can help Norwegians forge a more cosmopolitan national identity.
Norwegian Life and Literature
Author: Carl John Birch BurchardtPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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The Spectator
Author: Polish Experiences During the Insurrection of 1863-4
Author: William Henry HallPublisher:
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Category : Poland
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Macmillan's Magazine
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Author: Guille-Allès library and museum, GuernseyPublisher:
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Category : Anonyms and pseudonyms
Languages : en
Pages : 1602
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Author: T. Bennett
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