Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature And Theater

Informationen zum Autor Jan Sjåvik is an associate professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he has been a faculty member since 1978. Klappentext The literature of Scandinavia is amazingly rich and varied, consisting of the works produced by the countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, and stretching from the ancient Norse Sagas to the present day. While much of it is unknown outside of the region, some has gained worldwide popularity, including the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, the stories of Isak Dinesen, and the plays of Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Editor's Foreword Part 2 Acknowledgments Part 3 Reader's Note Part 4 Chronology Part 5 Introduction Part 6 THE DICTIONARY Part 7 Bibliography Chapter 8 General Scandinavian Literary History and Criticism Chapter 9 Denmark Chapter 10 Finland Chapter 11 Iceland Chapter 12 Norway Chapter 13 Sweden Part 14 About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Jan Sjavik, Jan Sjåvik
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2006
• EAN: 9780810855632
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-5563-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts; Historical Dictionaries of Lit; Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts; Historical Dictionaries of Lit
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias