Awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1920, Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) was a towering figure of Norwegian letters. He was also a Nazi sympathizer and supporter of the German occupation of Norway during World War II. Monika Zagar reveals the ways in which messages of racism and sexism appear in works from throughout the long career of this prolific writer.Monika Zagar is associate professor of Scandinavian studies at the University of Minnesota.
Awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1920, Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) was a towering figure of Norwegian letters. He was also a Nazi sympathizer and supporter of the German occupation of Norway during World War II. Monika Zagar reveals the ways in which messages of racism and sexism appear in works from throughout the long career of this prolific writer.Monika Zagar is associate professor of Scandinavian studies at the University of Minnesota.
1. Discourses of Race and Primitivism in Scandinavia 2. Hamsun's Women as Scapegoats for Modernity's Sins 3. Imagining the Indians 4. Imagining Black and White 5. A Taste of the Orient 6. Imagining the Sly Magic "Lapps" 7. Imagining Degeneration and Revolution: The Interwar Period and Occupation 8. The Rhetoric of Defense in Hamsun's Paa gjengrodde stier Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
1. Discourses of Race and Primitivism in Scandinavia 2. Hamsun's Women as Scapegoats for Modernity's Sins 3. Imagining the Indians 4. Imagining Black and White 5. A Taste of the Orient 6. Imagining the Sly Magic "Lapps" 7. Imagining Degeneration and Revolution: The Interwar Period and Occupation 8. The Rhetoric of Defense in Hamsun's Paa gjengrodde stier Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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