| Description |
xvii, 523 pages : portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Speaking God: Kierkegaard and Lagerkvist -- The play of patriarchy: Ibsen and Strindberg. Child's play: The cradle song in Strindberg's The father ; Metamorphosis in Ibsen's Little Eyolf -- The powers and the self: Strindberg's Inferno and Gustafsson's Tennis players -- Going through the wall: Shakespeare, Strindberg, Josephson, Bergman -- The child's revenge: Kierkegaard, Ibsen, Lindgren, Cronqvist -- Hamsun's Hunger and writing -- Stories of fusion: Vesaas's The ice palace and Bergman's Persona -- Breakthrough, time, and flux in Edvard Munch (the cubist) -- The case of Ernst Josephson -- Introducing Strindberg the painter. |
| Summary |
"Writer and critic Arnold Weinstein guides us through the most startling works created by the writers and artists of Scandinavia over the past two centuries. Here readers will gain new perspectives on canonical giants such as Soren Kierkegaard, Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, Edvard Munch, Knut Hamsun, and Ingmar Bergman."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Arts, Scandinavian -- 19th century.
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Arts, Scandinavian -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1830-2007
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| ISBN |
9780691125442 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0691125449 hardcover alkaline paper |
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