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Article: Susan C. Brantly. Understanding Isak Dinesen.(Book Review)
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- Scandinavian Studies
- Article date:
- December 22, 2002
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Columbia, SC: U South Carolina P, 2002. Pp. xv + 235.
The University of South Carolina Press's Understanding Modern European and Latin American Literature series sets out to provide "guides for undergraduate and graduate students and nonacademic readers" that "are conceived as introductions to the authors covered, not as comprehensive analyses" (vii) according to the editor's preface in the current volume. This target audience and focus is important to keep in mind in assessing Susan Brantly's most recent contribution to Dinesen scholarship. The text consists of a chronology, a general introduction to Dinesen's work and five analysis chapters focusing on Seven ...
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Article: Isak Dinesen
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;
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... ... became a successful film. Dinesen is best known for her tales, many of which have eerie ... Tales (1934), Winter's Tales (1943), Last Tales (1957), and Anecdotes ... despite severe illness, Dinesen finished the African sketches ...
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