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"In den großen Städten gehen die Menschen fremd aneinander vorüber, und nur der Neuangekommene hat ein gewisses Interesse für alles und für alle, denen er begegnet. Wir interessieren uns nur für die……続きを見る

Today’s images of Vikings show them wearing horned helmets. However, history has a different account. To learn if the Vikings really wore horned helmets in battle, read the contents of this children……続きを見る

Honoré de Balzac, einer der bedeutendsten französischen Schriftsteller des 19. Jahrhunderts, präsentiert in seinem Werk 'Gesammelte Werke von Balzac: Romane, Erzählungen & Essays' eine vielschichtig……続きを見る

In 'Die Edda', einer deutschen Ausgabe von Karl Simrock, wird der Leser in die faszinierende Welt der nordischen Mythologie eingeführt. Simrock präsentiert die alten Texte in einem klaren und zugäng……続きを見る

This volume strengthens interest and research in the fields of both Childhood Studies and Nordic Studies by exploring conceptions of children and childhood in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland,……続きを見る

Fascism and Modernist Literature in Norway illuminates the connections between literature and politics in interwar Europe. Focusing on the works of Nobel Prize-winning novelist Knut Hamsun and moder……続きを見る

A rewarding philosophical essay on memory, language, love, and the passage of time, from a Greek immigrant who became one of Sweden’s most highly respected writers “Nobody should write after the age……続きを見る

The Evangelium Nicodemi, or Gospel of Nicodemus, was the most widely circulated apocryphal writing in medieval Europe. It depicted the trial, Passion, and crucifixion of Christ as well as his Harrow……続きを見る

“ Depuis le tragique dénouement de l’insurrection de Cracovie, la propagande russe a pris une extension formidable. Il n’est plus question que de ses progrès et de ses intrigues sur tous les points ……続きを見る

“ Plus qu’aucune autre race en Europe, la famille des peuples slaves a reçu de Dieu un tempérament conservateur et ennemi des révolutions. A travers toutes les époques successives de son développeme……続きを見る

It should not be hard for the general reader to understand that the influence which is the theme of this dissertation is real and explicable. If he will but call the roll of his favorite heroes, he ……続きを見る

C'era una volta l'Europa? Dopo il crollo del muro di Berlino e la grande crisi esplosa a partire dal 2007 il progetto di unione europea sembra vacillare. "Antenati" raccoglie la speranza di una gene……続きを見る

When poet/critic Lars Gustafsson was the editor of Bonniers Litterära Magasin, he was bombarded with the question, “What makes a good poem?” Forays into Swedish Poetry is his answer. The fifteen poe……続きを見る

A brilliant and personal examination by sensational and bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard of his Norwegian compatriot Edvard Munch, the famed artist best known for his iconic painting The Screa……続きを見る

When Americans remember him at all, they no doubt think of Knut Hamsun (1859–1952) as the author of Hunger or as the Norwegian who, along with Vidkun Quisling, betrayed his country by supporting the……続きを見る

Many contemporary environmental risks and global environmental changes occurring today are unprecedented in the history of human life on earth. However, the images and narratives through which human……続きを見る

Authorship is a complicated subject in Kierkegaard's work, which he surely recognized, given his late attempts to explain himself in On My Work as an Author. From the use of multiple pseudonyms and ……続きを見る

Mysteries is a classic of European literature, one of the seminal novels of the twentieth century. It is the story of Johan Nagel, a strange young man who arrives to spend a summer in a small Norweg……続きを見る

Marxist theories have had a profound influence on crime fiction, beginning with the works of the American writers of the 1930s. This study explores the development of a Swedish Marxist noir subgenre……続きを見る

Saggi - saggio (227 pagine) - Saggi su Maj Sjöwall e Per Wahlöö, Anne Perry, Claude Izzo, Alicia Gimenéz Bartlett, Qiu Xiaolong, Moussa Konaté La storia del romanzo giallo ha seguito la storia dello……続きを見る

Hans Christian Andersen began publishing his Fairy Tales in 1835. This collection of 127 of the stories was translated by Mrs. Paull in 1872. This enchanting collection, retold by writer and critic ……続きを見る

**Nordic Tales is a collection of 16 traditional tales from the enchanting world of Nordic folklore. Translated and transcribed by folklorists in the 19th century, these stories are at once magical,……続きを見る

The 'Poetic Edda' & 'Prose Edda' anthology spans a powerful spectrum of Old Norse mythology, heroic literature, and cosmogony, encapsulating the complex fabric of Viking Age culture and belief syste……続きを見る

In this extensively revised third edition of The Viking Age: A Reader, Somerville and McDonald successfully bring the Vikings and their world to life for twenty-first-century students and instructor……続きを見る

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis Il n’est pas d’Islandais qui ne tienne La Cloche d’Islande (1943-1946), du Prix Nobel islandais Halldór Kiljan Laxness (1902-1998), p……続きを見る

This book examines the relationships between the Nordic social democratic welfare system (‘The Nordic Model’) and physical culture, across the domains of sport, education, and public space. Presenti……続きを見る

Remember, Repeat, Inhabit looks at three questions in relation to the idea of the viewer: What happens when one reads someone else's reading of someone else? What happens when something repeats itse……続きを見る

The "Story of the Volsungs" (Volsunga Saga) is a seminal work in the realm of Old Norse literature, offering a gripping narrative that intertwines myth, heroism, and tragedy. Set against a backdrop ……続きを見る

The Younger Edda, also known as Snorre's Edda or The Prose Edda, stands as a monumental work of medieval Icelandic literature, first compiled in the early 13th century by the renowned saga writer Sn……続きを見る

On the face of it, Gabriel Axel's Babette's Feast (1989) is a film in which the eyes – and mouths – of religious zealots are opened to the glories of the sensual world. It is a critique of what Niet……続きを見る