Baltic Belles : The Ded Bk of Latvian Women's Literature.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eglaja, Eva.

Contributor:

Rumane- Kenina, Anna.

Adlers, Laura.

Series:

Dedalus Europe Series

Dedalus Europe Series ; v.2

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Baltic Belles

Place of Publication:

London : Dedalus Books Limited, 2023.

Summary:

This anthology spans more than a century, from the end of the 19th-century to the present day.It is a period marked by change, war, occupying regimes, and renewed freedom. Much of the early work written by Latvian women writers such as Anna Rumane-Kenina, Angelika Gailite, Anna Brigadere, Alija Baumane, and Mirdza Bendrupe is realist in nature, depicting an upheaval of mores and relationships forged not through tradition, but the pangs of love and passion.The Soviet era brought strict censorship to all forms of the arts, including literature.Despite this, authors like Regina Ezera were able to push their craft deeper into the psychological analysis of their characters. On the other side of the Iron Curtain, US-based Latvian exile writer Ilze Skipsna forged ahead with her own version of the psychological short story.The work of authors such as Andra Neiburga, Gundega Repse and Nora Ikstena in the late 80s and early 90s heralded a new era of female writers in a country yearning for its freedom which it finally achieved. Authors who appeared after the millennium like Inga Abele, and Inga Zolude, who have shaped and continue to shape contemporary Latvian literature, round out this collection.

Contents:

Intro

Introduction by Eva Eglāja-Kristsone

Old Karlīne by Anna Brigadere (1861-1933)

translated by Laura Adlers

Mother's Sorrow by Anna Rūmane-Ķeniņa (1877-1950)

translated by Māra Rozītis

Honeymoon Trip (1925) by Angelika Gailīte (1884-1975)

translated by Ieva Lešinska

Process (1927) by Alija Baumane (1891-1941)

Helēna (1942) by Mirdze Bendrupe (1910-1995)

Foreigners (1964) by Ilze Šķipsna (1928-1981)

originally written in English

The Hoopoes' Dance (1977) by Regīna Ezera (1930-2002)

translated by Žanete Vēvere Pasqualini

Čiks and Maija (1987) by Gundega Repše (born 1960)

A Day in Her Life (1996) by Nora Ikstena (born 1969)

Nettles (1998) by Inga Ābele (born 1972)

Push Push (2004) by Andra Neiburga (1957-2019)

Lichens (2015) by Inga Žolude (born 1984)

translated by Zan McQuade.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781915568113

1915568110

OCLC:

1409030020