Janet Garton

Volume One in a new series, this book covers Norwegian women's writing over the last 150 years, setting literary developments against the background of the emergence and growth of the women's movement in Norway. The work is divided chronologically into three sections: the period up to 1913, when the universal suffrage was granted; the period from 1913 to 1960, a time of stagnation in the women's movement, with little involvement in contemporary political, social and economic debates; and the period from 1960 to the present day, which has seen an increasing participation of women in public life. Chapters on individual authors concentrate on the images of the women portrayed and investigate the conflicts behind the text - the tensions between the authors and their work, and the ambivalent feelings of women authors towards the act of writing. The book should be of interest to all those concerned with women's writing and with Scandanavian literature and culture. The series provides a survey, country by country of women's writing from the beginnings of the major struggle for emancipation up to the present day. While the main emphasis is on literature, the social, political and cultural development of each country provides a context for understanding the position and preoccupations of women writers. Modern critical currents are also taken into account in relating feminist criticism to recent critical theory. Forthcoming volumes in this series include "Women's Writing in Italy 1870-1990" and "Swedish Women's Writing 1850-1990".

Norwegian Women's Writing 1850-1990

Michael Robinson

The period of 1870-1910 is one of the most important in Scandinavian literature and culture, and is referred to as The Modern Breakthrough. Many great works were produced during this period, as well as a wealth of letters. The eighteen essays in this

Nordic Letters 1870-1910

This collection of critical essays is devoted to literary Modernism. The first part explores Modernism as a European phenomenon, including essays on the Berlin Theatre, Edvard Munch, and Beckett. The second part investigates the manifestations of Mod

Essays in Honour of James McFarlane Presented to Him on His 65th Birthday 12 December 1985

Facets of European Modernism

This is a multilingual collection of more than fifty essays in English, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish by a distinguished group of scholars investigating the idea of transitions. Some of the authors are concerned with periods of transition in literar

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