Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-390) and index.
Contents
Old Norwegian literature / James E. Knirk -- Oral tradition, humanism, and the baroque / Kathleen Stokker -- Holberg and the age of enlightenment ; Norwegian literature 1800-1860 / Harald Naess -- Norwegian literature 1860-1910 / James McFarlane -- Norwegian literature 1910-1950 / William Mishler -- Norwegian literature since 1950 / Jan I. Sjåvik -- Norwegian children's literature / Margaret Hayford O'Leary -- Norwegian women writers / Faith Ingwersen.