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<p>For centuries, Denmark dominated the culture of Scandinavia, and its literature has influenced such English works as Beowulf and Hamlet as well as major philosophical movements&#58; humanism, romanticism, existentialism. With contributions from nine internationally recognized scholars, <i>A History of Danish Literature</i> reaches back as far as the literary record allows, to the ancient runic inscriptions, and thence to medieval Latin, the development of literature in the vernacular, and the flowering of a distinct Danish literary tradition numbering among its luminaries Hans Christian Andersen, Soren Kierkegaard, and Karen Blixen. The volume includes, in addition, chapters on Faroese literature, women's literature, and children's literature. <br><br>The approach used in <i>A History of Danish Literature</i> is maintained in the other volumes of <i>A History of Scandinavian Literatures</i>, which surveys the literary history of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland. These literatures are viewed not only as part of an interrelated Scandinavian tradition but as part of world literature. A comparative approach is used through-out, and social and cultural history feature pr

Author

Sven Hakon Rossel; American-Scandinavian Foundation

Publisher

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press ; [New York, N.Y.]: In cooperation with the American-Scandinavian Foundation

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780803238862

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Humanities