The Nordic storyteller : essays in honour of Niels Ingwersen

The Nordic storyteller : essays in honour of Niels Ingwersen / edited by Susan Brantly and Thomas A. DuBois.

Consists of 19 research essays and an introduction, written by admirers of Niels and Faith Ingwersen, leaders in the field of Scandinavian Studies in North America. This title demonstrates the unflagging salience of narrative - of storytelling - in the personal lives and social experiences of Scandi...

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Other Authors: Ingwersen, Niels, Brantly, Susan, DuBois, Thomas A. (Thomas Andrew), 1960-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.
Subjects:
Folk literature > History and criticism.
Folklore > Scandinavia > History.
Tales > Scandinavia.
Songs > Scandinavia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Folk literature
Folklore
Songs
Tales
Folkdiktning > Skandinavien.
Folksagor > Skandianvien.
Scandinavia
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; NIELS INGWERSEN: AN APPRECIATION; SONGS AND TALES IN ORAL TRADITION; "RIDDAR SANCTE ORRIAN"; TRAUMATIC TRANSFORMATIONS; BY FAITH ALONE?; THE STRONG WIFE; CARL GUNDERSEN'S TRIP TO THE LUMBER CAMP; EQQAAMAVARA, I REMEMBER; TELLING STORIES TO A NATIONAL ARCHIVE; FROM ORAL TRADITION TO LITERATURE; ASBJØRNSEN AT RONDENE; FRITHIOF'S MOTLEY COUSINS; PICTURE AS STORY; TALES IN LITERARY FORM; "HVAD SIGER DEN LILLE SOMMERGJÆK?"; PROLEGOMENA TO A NON-EXTANT TRANSLATION OF DET GRAA HUS; "THE WOODS TAKE REVENGE"; THE ADVENTURES OF DAVID COPPERFIELD IN NOVA SCOTIA
  • TONIO KRÖGER'S IMAGINED DENMARKISAK DINESEN AND THE LESSONS OF SCHEHERAZADE; PELLE EROBEREN; PERCEPTIONS OF EDUCATION AND LEARNING FROM STOLEN SPRING TO BORDERLINERS; REFLECTIONS ON THE POLITICAL CLIMATE IN AN APOLITICAL WORLD; CONTRIBUTORS

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