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The aristocratic universe of Karen Blixen : destiny and the denial of fate / Frantz Leander Hansen ; translated by Gaye Kynoch.
Van Pelt Library PT8175.B545 Z695413 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hansen, Frantz Leander, 1956-
- Standardized Title:
- Babette og det aristokratiske univers. English
- Language:
- Danish
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962--Criticism and interpretation.
- Dinesen, Isak.
- Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962.
- Aristocracy (Social class) in literature.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 165 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Brighton [England] ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Danish.
- Contents:
- Part I Karen Blixen's Works
- Truth and Creation
- Early writing and painting 7
- Encounter with the Primary
- Accounts of Africa 12
- Fantastical Transformation
- Seven Gothic Tales 13
- Aristocratic Conduct of Life and Bourgeois Lifelessness
- Winter's Tales 20
- Verdict on Conscience
- The Angelic Avengers 30
- Childlike Wealth
- "The Ghost Horses" 33
- Origin and Ambiguity
- Last Tales 36
- A Preliminary Look at Anecdotes of Destiny 38
- Art and Reality
- Ehrengard 39
- Love and Ideals
- Essays 40
- Dialogue and Responsibility
- Karen Blixen in Denmark: Letters, 1931-1962 41
- Part II When Destiny Comes Calling
- I The Aristocratic Art
- The twofold nature of the tale 46
- Silence and statement 48
- The artist and freedom 50
- Life-giving narrative 51
- Fidelity to the artistic nature 52
- The immutable power of fiction 55
- II Denial of Fate
- "Babette's Feast"
- Layers and episodes 61
- Heavenly love and blazing passion 63
- The taming of Babette 69
- Kaaba and the cornerstone 72
- The diabolical claim 74
- The serpent in Berlevaag 76
- Armament and witches' Sabbath 79
- The moment of absolution 84
- "Babette's Feast" and "The Dead" 87
- Vanity and mortality: Loewenhielm 88
- The reckoning 93
- Babette and Pellegrina 96
- III Liberation of Destiny
- "The Ring"
- On the threshold 99
- Marriage in the forest 102
- Lea and Lise 110
- Part III Life and Tale
- Incentive and Repression
- Familial influence 115
- Light and Darkness in Africa 122
- Displacement and Reflection in Denmark 127.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel, 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1903900328
- 1903900336
- OCLC:
- 50670684
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