Knut Hamsun - The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance New Directions in Scandinavian

Informationen zum Autor Monika Žagar Klappentext Awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1920, Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) was a towering figure of Norwegian letters. He was also a Nazi sympathizer and supporter of the German occupation of Norway during World War II. Monika Zagar reveals the ways in which messages of racism and sexism appear in works from throughout the long career of this prolific writer.Monika Zagar is associate professor of Scandinavian studies at the University of Minnesota. Zusammenfassung Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920! Knut Hamsun was a towering figure of Norwegian letters. This title includes a study of Hamsun where it refuses to separate his political and cultural ideas from an analysis of his highly regarded writing. It demonstrates that Hamsun did not arrive at his notions of race and gender late in life. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Discourses of Race and Primitivism in Scandinavia 2. Hamsun's Women as Scapegoats for Modernity's Sins 3. Imagining the Indians 4. Imagining Black and White 5. A Taste of the Orient 6. Imagining the Sly Magic "Lapps" 7. Imagining Degeneration and Revolution: The Interwar Period and Occupation 8. The Rhetoric of Defense in Hamsun's Paa gjengrodde stier Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Monika Agar, Monika Zagar
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.2009
• EAN: 9780295989457
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98945-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: New Directions in Scandinavian Studies; New Directions in Scandinavian; New Directions in Scandinavian Studies; New Directions in Scandinavian
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)