Anthology of Danish Literature, Bilingual Edition: Middle Ages to Romaticism

Book Overview

This second part of the anthology--see Middle Ages to Romanticism--contains selections of Danish literature from the mid-19th century to the present.

Included are selections from the inter­nationally-known critic, Georg Brandes; the original impressionist stylist, Herman Bang; two Danish Nobel Prize winners, HenrikPontoppidan and Johannes V.Jensen; the martyred clergyman-drama­tist, Kaj Munk; the literary champion of the proletariat, Martin Andersen Nex ; and the distinguished modern storyteller, Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen). Included also are numerous other Danish writers less well known, whose presence here will bring to English-speakingreaders, per­haps for the first time, a realization of the depth of Danish literature.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809304872
• ISBN13: 9780809304875
• Release Date: December 1971
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 616 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 2.4" x 5.9"