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This book is a compilation of scholarly articles on a wide variety of subjects pertaining to the cultures of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.
Nordic Experiences discusses music, art, literature, folkore, and the social fabric of past and present to offer the reader a many-faceted image of what the term Scandinavia stands for today.
There are now some 12-13 million people of Nordic descent living in the United States, and their culture has played a part in shaping the American experience. The cultural contacts and exchanges between the United States and the Nordic countries, thanks in large part to immigration, remains strong and varied, adding a significant dimension to the close ties that have existed for many years. This book is a celebration of Nordic culture and its harmonious and enduring relationship with the United States. As such, it will be of considerable interest to scholars and students alike of Scandinavian or European civilization.
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Introduction by Berit I. Brown
MusicEdvard Grieg (1843-1907) by Dorothy Schechter
Per Nørgård: The Role of the Artist in a Model Welfare State by Jean Christensen
Literature: The ClassicsClive Sinclair's Augustus Rex: Misogyny, Megalomania, and Anti-Semitism in the Life of August Strindberg by Peter G. Christensen
The Modes of the Spirit: Poetic Application of Theosophical Ideas in the Works of August Strindberg by Eszter Szalczer
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson: In the Shadow of Ibsen by Ruis Woertendyke
Kierkegaard, the Aesthetic Life, and Peer Gynt by Robert C. O'Brien
FolkloreFolk Literature and the Nineteenth Century Nationalist Movement. Norway: The Shaping of National Identity by Mette Rudvin
Giants, Gnomes, Elves, Trolls, and Dwarfs by Edmund W. Ostrander
Icelandic Influences: From Snorri to Our TimeThe Saintly and the Secular: Brother Kings Olaf and Harald in Heimskringla by Rebekah Thacker
The Barnyard Poet: Stephen G. Stephensson (1853-1927) by Vidar Hreinsson
Cultural BackgroundCriminal Proceedings Against Birthe Jørgensdatter and Her Stepfather Jens Krog of Allerslev, Denmark, in 1765 by Gerald M. Haslam
Outward Loss, Inward Gain: A Transformation for the 90s by Inga Wiehl
From Scandinavia to AmericaFrån Norrköping till Nord Amerika: Hedwig Wilhelmina Isaksson Westman Hammarström (1885-1981) by Margaret Ross Bjornson
The Norwegian-American: A Scandinavian Presence in Contemporary American Literature by Elizabeth Field Hogan
Women in LiteratureLove and Autonomy in the Fiction of Cora Sandel and Mirjam Tuominen by Adma d'Heurle
"Disgusting," he said. Stella Kleve in the Modern Breakthrough by Birgitta Ney
ArtEdvard Munch's Peasants and the Invention of Norwegian Culture by Patricia Berman
Culture and Identity: Regionalism and Nationalism in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Swedish Painting by Karin M.E. Alexis
Twentieth Century LiteratureSigrid Undset and Willa Cather: The Uses of Catholicism by Sherrill Harbison
Nordahl, the Other Grieg: Poet, Playwright, Novelist by Philip Duhan Segal
The Ocean of Consciousness Novel I: Hunger by Knut Hamsun--Progenitor of Modernism by Ron Whitehead
Knut Hamsun in His Letters by Harald S. Naess
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Über den Autor / die Autorin
BERIT I. BROWN is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Germanic Languages at Long Island University, C. W. Post Campus. She is also on the faculty of Hofstra University and Suffolk County Community College. Professor Brown has published on Henrik Ibsen and Nordic sagas and folktales.
