A History of Norwegian Literature

Harold S. Naess is Torger Thompson Professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Among his other works are Knut Hamsun og America (1969) and an edition of Knut Hamsun: Selected Letters (with James McFarlane, 1990).

About the author

Harold S. Naess is Torger Thompson Professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Among his other works are Knut Hamsun og America (1969) and an edition of Knut Hamsun: Selected Letters (with James McFarlane, 1990).

Summary

Beginning with rock carvings five millennia old, Norwegian literature first came to flower with the Norse poets of the ninth century, who chronicled the heroism of Viking explorers and conquerers. This book describes the subsequent progression of Norwegian literature.

Product details

• Assisted by: Harald S Naess (Editor), Harald S. Naess (Editor)
• Publisher: Nebraska
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.1993
• EAN: 9780803233171
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-3317-1
• No. of pages: 435
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 40 mm
• Weight: 816 g
• Series: History of Scandinavian Litera; Histories of Scandinavian Literature; Histories of Scandinavian Lite
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other Germanic linguistics / literary studies