Modern Swedish Prose in Translation
Author | : Karl Erik Lagerlöf |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 1979 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780816608768 |
ISBN-13 | : 0816608768 |
Rating | : 4/5 (768 Downloads) |
Download or read book Modern Swedish Prose in Translation written by Karl Erik Lagerlöf and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Swedish Prose in Translation was first published in 1979. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. These excerpts from Swedish prose works - mostly novels - reflect major shifts in mood and style in the 25 years since 1950. Editor Karl Erik Lagerlof traces cultural and political developments in Sweden from the post-World War II era, when writers felt themselves in a world devoid of political meaning and rejected realism as a literary mode, down to the intensely political years of the Vietnam era. The selections in this anthology range from the anti-ideological works of the postwar years to recent documentary methods influenced by Marxism, structuralism, and a renewed political consciousness.