Northern arts : the breakthrough of Scandinavian literature and art, from Ibsen to Bergman / Arnold Weinstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weinstein, Arnold L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arts, Scandinavian--20th century.

Arts, Scandinavian.

Arts, Scandinavian--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (546 pages)

Edition:

1st paperback ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2008]

Summary:

"Northern Arts is a provocative exploration of Scandinavian literature and art. With intellectual power and deep emotional insights, writer and critic Arnold Weinstein guides us through the most startling works created by the writers and artists of Scandinavia over the past two centuries ... Weinstein uses the concept of "breakthrough"--Boundary smashing, restlessness, and the exploding of traditional forms and values-- as a thematic lens through which to expose the rolling energies and violence that courses through Scandinavian literature and art. Defying preconceptions of Scandinavian culture as depressive or brooding, Weinstein invites us to imagine anew this transformative and innovative tradition of art that continually challenges ideas about the sacred and the profane, family and marriage, children, patriarchy, and personal identity."--Back cover.

Contents:

Speaking God: Kierkegaard and Lagerkvist

The play of patriarchy: Ibsen and Strindberg; Child's play: The cradle song in Strindberg's The father ; Metamorphosis in Ibsen's Little Eyolf

The powers and the self: Strindberg's Inferno and Gustafsson's Tennis players

Going through the wall: Shakespeare, Strindberg, Josephson, Bergman

The child's revenge: Kierkegaard, Ibsen, Lindgren, Cronqvist

Hamsun's Hunger and writing

Stories of fusion: Vesaas's The ice palace and Bergman's Persona

Breakthrough, time, and flux in Edvard Munch (the cubist)

The case of Ernst Josephson

Introducing Strindberg the painter.

Notes:

Originally published: 2008.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Weinstein, Arnold Northern Arts

ISBN:

9780691240251

OCLC:

1287131429