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Anecdotes of Destiny
Isak DinesenAll the stories have a mystic, fairy-tale quality, linked by themes of angels, the sea, dreams and fate. They were among the last to be written by Isak Dinesen, and show her as a master of short fiction.
Winter's Tales
Isak DinesenIf one theme unifies the 11 tales collected here, it is that of longing. Written after her return from Kenya and during the dark days of the Nazi occupation, they derive their themes and locales from Isak Dinesen's childhood in Denmark.
Isak Dinesen and the Engendering of Narrative
Susan Hardy AikenThis important book will at last give Isak Dinesen's work the prominence it deserves in literary studies. For Aiken's generation, it will be the most original, forceful, provocative, and elegant critical reading of this Danish writer.
Isak Dinesen and Narrativity
Centre TADAC.As Susan Hardy Aiken rightly points out in her recent book Isak Dinesen and the Engenden'ng of Narrative, the first sentence of the novel sets up a number of hierarchical dichotomies: "I had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills" (0A ...
Isak Dinesen and Narrativity: Reassessments for the 1990s
Centre TADAC.Responding to recent Dinesen scholarship and public exposure in such films as Out of Africa and Babette's Feast, these fourteen original essays discuss and reveal the aesthetic subtlety and philosophical complexity of Dinesen's art.
Understanding Isak Dinesen
Susan BrantlyIn this guide Susan Brantly illumines the complexities that enrich not only Dinesen's fictional works but also the memoir she wrote of her time in Kenya.
The Angelic Avengers
Isak DinesenLucan has been orphaned and Zosine has been deserted, and London is a hostile place for two young girls without a home.
Shadows on the Grass
Isak DinesenWith warmth and humanity these four stories illuminate her love both for the African people, their dignity and traditions, and for the beauty and wildness of the landscape.
Out of Africa
Isak DinesenOut of Africa is the story of a remarkable and unconventional woman and of a way of life that has vanished for ever.
Babette's Feast
Isak Dinesen' Babette's Feast is a sublime celebration of eating, drinking and sensual pleasure.
JEGP, Journal of English and Germanic Philology
More editionsDonald Hannah, Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Aarhus, writes elegantly and with sympathy and critical discernment about Isak Dinesen, and although the book contributes little that is new it is easily the best general introduction ...
The Creative Dialectic in Karen Blixen's Essays: On Gender, ...
Marianne T. StecherThe centennial year of Blixen's birth, 1985, was marked by an article in Scandinavian Studies by Susan Hardy Aiken, “The Uses of Duplicity: Isak Dinesen and Questions of Feminist Criticism,” in which Aiken summarizes the feminist critical ...
Illuminations: Women Writing on Photography from the 1850s ...
Preview'Isak Dinesen and Photo/Graphic Recollection' by Susan Hardy Aiken, copyright © Susan Hardy Aiken 1985, reprinted by permission of Susan Hardy Aiken. ' Remembrance' by Annette Kuhn, copyright © Annette Kuhn 1991, reprinted by ...
Jewish Currents
More editions... Arbitman Ruth Arbor (1900-1965) Isak and Rose Arbus Sam Archess (1887- 1973) Victor Arkin Steve Askin and C.J.L. Collins Joe Auslander Mary Austin ( 1914-2000) Ben Axelrod (twice) ( 1 896- 1 993) F.B. S.A.B. Josephine and Samuel (d.
Food Redistribution in the Nordic Region: Phase II: ...
Gram-Hanssen, IrmelinThe Norwegian Food Safety Authority, Atle Wold. Sweden • Allwin, Simon Eisner. • Willys, Anna Åhnberg. • Salvation Army Stockholm, Isac Felixon. • Stockholm City Mission, Anne Lunde Dinesen. • The Swedish National Food Agency, Gustaf ...
Jüdisches Leben in Tirol und Vorarlberg von 1867 bis 1918: ...
Martin AchrainerNoch in der bayerischen Zeit war Martin Steiner nach Innsbruck gekommen, später David Friedmann, dann der Bankier Markus Loewe und der Mineralienhändler Isak Gebhard – alle vier kamen aus Südwestdeutschland. Ihnen allen gelang ...
Some geological results from the first five Danish ...
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