A History of Swedish LiteratureLars G. Warme U of Nebraska Press, 1. jan. 1996 - 584 strani This volume traces Swedish literature from its beginnings in the Middle Ages to its honored place in world literature in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A comprehensive reference work, A History of Swedish Literature provides much more than names and dates. Sweden's relative isolation in a remote corner of Europe put special stress on its language and literature to define national identity. In this volume nine scholars from Europe and America identify what is particular about Swedish literary culture as well as what makes it an integral part of European literature. The volume views Swedish literature in its historical and social context and reflects on the concerns of each age. Although women authors are treated throughout the book, a chapter on women's literature provides a salutary view of the gender issue in Swedish literature and the development of a feminist awareness. An additional chapter discusses children's literature, a major Swedish cultural export. Lars G. Warme is Associate Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington. He is the author of Per Olof Sundman: Writer of the North. |
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The Early Middle Ages | 9 |
The Later Middle Ages | 40 |
The Reformation and Swedens Century | 58 |
Swedens Century as a Great Power | 72 |
James Massengale | 102 |
The Gustavian Age 122 | 122 |
The Romantic Period | 150 |
Atterbom as Poet and Playwright 171 | 171 |
TurnoftheCentury Pessimism and Paralysis of the Will 290 | 290 |
Realism and the Resurrection of the Will 297 | 302 |
WorkingClass Writers of the 1930s | 333 |
Turning the Tide for Modernism 347 | 347 |
The Modernist Breakthrough 364 | 364 |
Literature after 1950 | 380 |
Concrete Poetry and New Simplicity 397 | 397 |
The Documentary Novel 410 | 410 |
The Standard Bearer of Cultural Idealism 184 | 184 |
The Romantic Play 199 | 199 |
Realistic Fiction from Almqvist to Strindberg 18301870 214 | 214 |
Postromantic Poetry 225 | 225 |
Det Unga Sverige and the Modern Breakthrough 238 | 238 |
Theater and Drama 251 | 251 |
18901950 | 273 |
Social Criticism and Bureaucratic Satire 433 | 433 |
WorkingClass Literature Revisited 442 | 442 |
Drama after 1970 462 | 462 |
Literature for Children and Young People | 495 |
Modern Picturebooks 509 | 509 |
The Contributors 539 | 539 |
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aesthetic Age of Liberty Almqvist artistic Astrid Lindgren Atterbom August Strindberg ballads became Bellman Bergman Birgitta Carl century characters contemporary critical cultural death debut decade depiction dikter drama early Elin Wägner Erik Erikskrönikan existential female fiction Fredrik Geijer genre German Gustav Gustav III Gustav Vasa Gustavian Heidenstam Hjalmar Bergman human important individual Johan Karl Kellgren king Lagerlöf language Lars literary lives lyric Magnus Modern Breakthrough modernist moral narrative narrator nature novel Olof Östergötland Pär Lagerkvist period play poem poet poetic political popular prose protagonist published reader realistic reality reform religious rhymed role romantic romanticism saga satirical Scandinavian Selma Lagerlöf SFSS short stories Skåne Småland social society songs Stockholm Strindberg style Sweden Swedish Academy Swedish literature Tegnér theater theme Thorild tiotalister tradition translated turn Uppsala verse Victoria Benedictsson woman women working-class writers wrote young
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Stran vii - Acknowledgments I owe a debt of gratitude to a number of people who made this book possible.