Download or read book Swedish Novelist Selma Lagerl f 1858 1940 and Germany at the Turn of the Century written by Jennifer Watson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This quote from the Novel Prize winner, Nelly Sachs, about Selma Lagerlof (1848-1940) is one that rings ture not only for Germany but for all of Europe at the turn of the century (19th-20th). Lagerlof was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1909), and at the height of her literary career, was an internationally acclaimed author, praised by the public and critics alike. She was particularly heralded in Germany where Scandinavian authors have a strong impact on German literature during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book examines the literary impact Selma Lagerlof had on German authors of the time. It also clearly sheds new light on Selma Lagerlof, as well as other notable German authors such as Franz Kafka, Bertolt Brecht, Gerhardt Hauptmann, Nelly Sachs, Ina Seidel and Gustav Frenssen. This book will be of great value to those in the fields of Scandinavian, German and Comparative literature.
Download or read book The Greatest Works of Selma Lagerl f written by Selma Lagerlöf and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-11 with total page 2338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat presents this meticulously edited and formatted Selma Lagerlöf collection. Selma Lagerlöf was a Swedish author and teacher. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Through her studies in Stockholm, Lagerlöf reacted against the realism of contemporary Swedish-language writers such as August Strindberg. She began her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, while working as a teacher in Landskrona in 1887. A visit in 1900 to the American Colony in Jerusalem became the inspiration for Lagerlöf's book by that name. The royal family and the Swedish Academy gave her substantial financial support to continue her passion. Jerusalem was also acclaimed by critics, who began comparing her to Homer and Shakespeare, so that she became a popular figure both in Sweden and abroad. By 1895, she gave up her teaching to devote herself to her writing. In 1902, Lagerlöf was asked by the National Teacher's Association to write a geography book for children. She wrote The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, a novel about a boy from the southernmost part of Sweden, who had been shrunk to the size of a thumb and who travelled on the back of a goose across the country. Lagerlöf mixed historical and geographical facts about the provinces of Sweden with the tale of the boy's adventures until he managed to return home and was restored to his normal size. The novel is one of Lagerlöf's most well-known books, and it has been translated into more than 30 languages. Content: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Christ Legends Charlotte Löwensköld The Emperor of Portugallia Invisible Links The Girl from the Marsh Croft The Treasure Jerusalem The Miracles of Antichrist Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness The Story of Gösta Berling
Download or read book The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Selma Lagerlof Nobel Prize in Literature written by Selma Lagerlof and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-27 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlof (Swedish) 20 November 1858 - 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and is best remembered for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils)."
Download or read book The Story of G sta Berling written by Selma Langerlof and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selma Lagerlöf's classic tale of the eponymous Gösta Berling, a young man who leaves the priesthood and has lost his way in the world. A kindly landowner takes him in and, among an estate of "lost souls," he spins tales of lavish adventure. Selma Lagerlöf was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Download or read book The Girl from the Marsh Croft written by Selma Lagerlöf and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Girl from the Marsh Croft (Swedish: Tösen från Stormyrtorpet) is a 1908 novella by the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf. The story has been adapted numerous times for film. Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (20 November 1858 - 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author. She published her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, which she was awarded in 1909. Additionally, she was the first woman to be granted a membership in the Swedish Academy in 1914. A visit in 1900 to the American Colony in Jerusalem became the inspiration for Lagerlöf's book by that name. The royal family and the Swedish Academy gave her substantial financial support to continue her passion. Jerusalem was also acclaimed by critics, who began comparing her to Homer and Shakespeare, so that she became a popular figure both in Sweden and abroad. By 1895, she gave up her teaching to devote herself to her writing. With the help of proceeds from Gösta Berling's Saga and a scholarship and grant, she made two journeys, which were largely instrumental in providing material for her next novel. With her close friend Sophie Elkan, she traveled to Italy, and she also traveled to Palestine and other parts of the East. In Italy, a legend of a Christ Child figure that had been replaced with a false version inspired Lagerlöf's novel Antikrists mirakler (The Miracles of the Antichrist). Set in Sicily, the novel explores the interplay between Christian and socialist moral systems. However, most of Lagerlöf's stories were set in Värmland. (wikipedia.org)
Download or read book The Treasure Dodo Press written by Selma Lagerlof and published by . This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early twentieth century novel from the Swedish author and first woman writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Download or read book Jerusalem written by Selma Lagerlof and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-27 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (About this sound listen); 20 November 1858 - 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author and teacher. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.As yet the only woman winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, the prize awarded to Kipling, Maeterlinck, and Hauptmann, is the Swedish author of this book, "Jerusalem." The Swedish Academy, in recognizing Miss Selma Lagerlöf, declared that they did so "for reason of the noble idealism, the wealth of imagination, the soulful quality of style, which characterize her works." Five years later, in 1914, that august body elected Doctor Lagerlöf into their fellowship, and she is thus the only woman among those eighteen "immortals."What is the secret of the power that has made Miss Lagerlöf an author acknowledged not alone as a classic in the schools but also as the most popular and generally beloved writer in Scandinavia? She entered Swedish literature at a period when the cold gray star of realism was in the ascendant, when the trenchant pen of Strindberg had swept away the cobwebs of unreality, and people were accustomed to plays and novels almost brutal in their frankness. Wrapped in the mantle of a latter-day romanticism, her soul filled with idealism, on the one hand she transformed the crisp actualities of human experience by throwing about them the glamour of the unknown, and on the other hand gave to the unreal-to folk tale and fairy lore and local superstition-the effectiveness of convincing fact. "Selma Lagerlöf," says the Swedish composer, Hugo Alfvén, "is like sitting in the dusk of a Spanish cathedral ... afterward one does not know whether what he has seen was dream or reality, but certainly he has been on holy ground." The average mind, whether Swedish or Anglo-Saxon, soon wearies of heartless preciseness in literature and welcomes an idealism as wholesome as that of Miss Lagerlöf. Furthermore, the Swedish authoress attracts her readers by a diction unique unto herself, as singular as the English sentences of Charles Lamb. Her style may be described as prose rhapsody held in restraint, at times passionately breaking its bonds.
Download or read book G sta Berling s Saga written by Selma Lagerlöf and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003-06-25 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a country pastor's career comes to an end, he falls in with vagrant Swedish cavaliers and enters into a power struggle with the richest woman in the province.
Download or read book The Emperor of Portugallia written by Selma Lagerlof and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2015-08-20 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Selma Lagerlof Collection Vol 3 Gosta Berling s Saga the Treasure the Girl from the Marsh Croft written by Selma Lagerlof and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-28 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selma Lagerlof, Volume 3, 3 Books This volume collects 3 of the best known books by Selma Lagerlöf 20 November 1858 - 16 March 1940, was a Swedish author and teacher. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Gosta Berling's Saga,The Treasure,The Girl From the Marsh Croft
Download or read book Invisible Links written by Selma Lagerlof and published by . This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early twentieth century novel from the Swedish author and first woman writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Download or read book The Emperor of Portugallia written by Selma Lagerlöf and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2020-10-21 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story is set in Vaermland around 1860 or 1870. In the centre is Jan of Ruffluck Croft. He loves his daughter more than anything, but when she moves to Stockholm and never sends a word home about her doings, he sinks into a dream-world where she is a noble Empress of Portugallia. And he believes himself to be Emperor too. His whole world and all his thoughts are dominated by the thoughts of her return and what will happen then. In the role of Emperor in the poor forest country where he lives he can question the social hierarchies around him, and dressed in his Royal regalia he sits in the frontbench in the Church, and he takes the place of honour at Parties etc. After 15 years his daughter returns home and is shocked to see what a mad clown her father has become and... Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was a Swedish writer of novels and short stories, the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She wrote in the field of magic realism, influenced mostly by her childhood fairy tales and picturesque natural world around her home. Worked as teacher, never married, and took part in some political issues. Her best known works include "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils", "Jerusalem", and "The Emperor of Portugallia".
Download or read book The Story of Gosta Berling written by Selma Lagerlof and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2015-08-22 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Diary of Selma Lagerl f written by Selma Lagerlöf and published by Kraus Reprint. Company. This book was released on 1975 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of Gosta Berling written by Selma Lagerlof and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition.
Download or read book The L wensk ld Ring written by Selma Lagerlöf and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, An historical tale set in eighteenth century Sweden, In which the action is dominated by a mysterious ring which seems to blight the lives of those who own it. It is a disturbing saga of super
Download or read book Miracles of Antichrist written by Selma Lagerlof and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-27 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (Swedish) 20 November 1858 - 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author. She was the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and is best remembered for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils).Born at Mårbacka(now in Sunne Municipality) an estate in Värmland in western Sweden, Lagerlöf was the daughter of Lieutenant Erik Gustaf Lagerlöf and Louise Lagerlöf née Wallroth, the couple's fifth child out of six. She was born with a hip injury. An early sickness left her lame in both legs, although she later recovered. She was a quiet child, more serious than others her age, with a deep love of reading. She was constantly writing poetry as a child, but did publish anything officially until later in life. Her grandfather helped raise her, often telling stories of fairytales and fantasy. The sale of Mårbacka following her father's illness in 1884 had a serious impact on her development. Selma's father is said to have been an alcoholic, something she rarely discussed. Her father did not want Selma to continue an education, or remain involved with the woman's movement. She ended up buying back her father's estate with the money she was gifted for her Nobel Prize achievement.
