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Knut Hamsun
Monika Žagar
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Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920, Knut Hamsun (1859–1952) was a towering figure of Norwegian letters. He was also a Nazi sympathizer and supporter of the German occupation of Norway during the Second World War. In 1943, Hamsun sent his Nobel medal to Third-Reich propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels as a token of his admiration and authored a reverential obituary for Hitler in May 1945. For decades, scholars have wrestled with the dichotomy between Hamsun’s merits as a writer and his infamous ties to Nazism.
In her incisive study of Hamsun, Monika Zagar refuses to separate his political ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295989464
SKU
V9780295989464
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About Monika Žagar
Monika Zagar is associate professor of Scandinavian studies at the University of Minnesota.
Reviews for Knut Hamsun
"By employing 'the bifocal lens of race and gender' and by including less canonical Hamsun texts, Zagar offers a persuasive account of Hamsun's ideological position and illuminates his career-long participation in reactionary, racist, and patriarchal discourse."
Dean Krouk
Scandinavian-Canadian Studies
"Monika Zagar was provoked to write Knut Hamsun: The Dark Side to counter the 'white-washing' of Hamsun ... Read more
Dean Krouk
Scandinavian-Canadian Studies
"Monika Zagar was provoked to write Knut Hamsun: The Dark Side to counter the 'white-washing' of Hamsun ... Read more