Danish Literature as World Literature

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Despite being a minor language, Danish literature is one of the world’s most actively translated, and the Scandinavian country is the home of a number of significant writers. Hans Christian Andersen remains one of the most translated authors in the world, philosopher Søren Kierkegaard inspired modern Existentialism, Karen Blixen chronicled her life in colonial Kenya as well as writing imaginary, cosmopolitan tales, and the writers among the circles of literary critic Georg Brandes in the late 19th century were especially important to the further development of European Modernism. Danish Literature as World Literature introduces key figures from 800 years of Danish literature and their impact on world literature. It includes chapters devoted to post-1945 literature on beat and systemic poetry as well as the Scandinavia noir vogue that includes both crime fiction and cinema and is enjoying worldwide popularity. Cover Contents Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Danish Literature as World Literature 1 ‘History of the Danes’: Saxo the Grammarian and Saxo the Rune Master 2 Travelling Ballads: The Dissemination of Danish Medieval Ballads in Germany and Britain, 1760s to 1830s 3 Ludvig Holberg: A Man of Transition in the Eighteenth Century 4 A Man of the World: Hans Christian Andersen 5 Straight into the Bliss of Knowing: Søren Kierkegaard’s Influence on Franz Kafka 6 Modern Denmark: Brandes – Jacobsen – Bang 7 Towards a New World: Johannes V. Jensen and Henrik Pontoppidan 8 Out of Africa, into World Literature 9 Breaking New Ground – Danish Poets in the Intersection between Modernism and Postmodernism 10 ‘A faithful, attentive, tireless following’: Cultural Mobility, Crime Fiction and Television Drama Index