Selected Plays of Marcus Thrane

Informationen zum Autor Terje I. Leiren is Sverre Arestad Endowed Professor in Norwegian Studies and chair of the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington. Klappentext One of the earliest ethnic theaters in America was the Norwegian Theater of Marcus Thrane, established in Chicago in September, 1866. Many of the plays presented by the theater were written by Thrane, a radical newspaper editor and freethinker, and are among the most significant Norwegian-American literature produced in America at the time. This book includes seven translated plays written by Thrane between 1866 and 1884, and cover the entire period of his active professional life in America. Terje Leiren is professor and chair of the Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Washington. Zusammenfassung One of the earliest ethnic theatres in America was the Norwegian Theater of Marcus Thrane! established in Chicago in September 1866. This book includes seven translated plays written by Thrane between 1866 and 1884! and covers the entire period of his active professional life in America. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Preface Introduction --An American Servant Girl --The Posting Station in Hallingdal --Who Grinds the Coffee? --The Hypocrites --Holden --The Power of the Black Book

Product details

• Assisted by: Terje I Leiren (Translation), Terje I. Leiren (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.04.2008
• EAN: 9780295987989
• ISBN: 978-0-295-98798-9
• No. of pages: 245
• Series: New Directions in Scandinavian Studies; New Directions in Scandanavian; New Directions in Scandinavian Studies; New Directions in Scandinavian; New Directions in Scandanavian; Selected Plays of Marcus Thrane
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)