Re-mapping Lagerlöf : performance, intermediality and European transmissions / edited by Helena Forsås-Scott, Lisbeth Stenberg & Bjarne Thorup Thomsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Forsås-Scott, Helena, editor.

Stenberg, Lisbeth, 1948- editor.

Thomsen, Bjarne Thorup, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lagerlöf, Selma, 1858-1940--Criticism and interpretation.

Lagerlöf, Selma.

Lagerlöf, Selma, 1858-1940--Influence.

Swedish literature--19th century.

Swedish literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (515 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lund, Sweden : Nordic Academic Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This innovative volume presents, for the first time ever, cutting-edge research about the Swedish Nobel Laureate Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) in one comprehensive resource. Written by scholars from a range of countries, it highlights the interdisciplinarity of current Lagerlöf research and the latest trends in it, frequently cutting across genres, media, and disciplines. The structure of the book-with dedicated sections to performance, film, and intermediality; transnational narratives; and European transmission-is reinforced by the extensive introductory portal. The volume includes a range of i

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; I INTRODUCTION; 1. Re-Mapping Lagerlöf; The volume and its parameters; 2. Selma Lagerlöf in context; 3. A star in a constellation; The international women's movement as a context for reading the works of Selma Lagerlöf; II READERS, PERFORMANCE, CONSTRUCTIONS; 4. Sectional portal; 5. The reader in history and letters to the author; The case of Selma Lagerlöf and her audience; 6. Mårbacka: Larders, cow-houses, and other spiritual matters; 7. In the eyes of the beholder; Du coté de chez Selma Lagerlöf; III INTERMEDIALITY AND FILM; 8. Sectional portal

9. Selma Lagerlöf in the golden age of Swedish silent cinema10. Jerusalem, Sons of Ingmar, and the transparent thickness of the cinematic view; 11. 'Nothing about art is innocent'; Reading Edelfelt and Stiller; 12. The Phantom Carriage and the concept of melodrama; 13. Nils Holgersson and a Japanese animated series; IV (TRANS)NATIONAL NARRATIVES AND EUROPEAN TRANSMISSIONS; 14. Sectional portal; 15. Text and transnational terrain, 1888-1918; 16. The many facets of a diamond; Space, change and identity in Selma Lagerlöf's The Miracles of Antichrist; 17. Gender, war, and canon

Selma Lagerlöf and Sara Wacklin18. Violence and the uncanny in Selma Lagerlöf's 'Gammal fäbodsägen'; 19. Selma Lagerlöf's story in Czech; 20. Nils in the Netherlands; Selma Lagerlöf in Dutch and Frisian, 1911-1921; 21. Journeys into English; An overview of the English-language versions of Nils Holgersson and anglophone academic discourse; 22. 'Dear Selma'-'Dear Velma'; Velma Swanston Howard's letters to Selma Lagerlöf; 23. Selma Lagerlöf in Nazi Germany; Not banned, not forgotten: Lord Arne's Silver as a Nazi Frontbuch; Bibliography; Illustrations; Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789187675263

9187675269