Scandinavian Literature in Nazi Germany: Selma Lagerlöf as One Example.

The article focuses on German fascination with Scandinavian literature began in the last decade of the nineteenth century. It mentions popularity of Henrik Ibsen played a large role in the naturalist literary movement in Germany and Strindberg in both the naturalist and expressionist movements, in l...

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Publicado en:Scandinavian Studies Vol. 91; no. 4; pp. 482 - 500
Autor principal: Watson, Jennifer
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Wisconsin Press Winter2019
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Sumario:The article focuses on German fascination with Scandinavian literature began in the last decade of the nineteenth century. It mentions popularity of Henrik Ibsen played a large role in the naturalist literary movement in Germany and Strindberg in both the naturalist and expressionist movements, in large part due to the Danish literary critic Georg Brandes. It also mentions Sweden had quite a large percentage of the market in Nazi Germany.