10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDSET»
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Undset in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Kristin Lavransdatter: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
The turbulent historical masterpiece of Norway’s literary master In her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong ...
This is "the story of Ida Elisabeth, who marries her teenage sweetheart.
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Kristin Lavransdatter, I: The Wreath
In Kristin Lavransdatter (1920-1922), Sigrid Undset interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of family life to create a colorful, richly detailed tapestry of Norway during the fourteenth-century.
Set in Norway and Iceland at the beginning of the 11th century, "Gunnar's Daughter" tells the story of a beautiful, spoiled young woman who, after being raped by the man she had wanted to love, raises the child conceived in violence.
Sigrid Undset, Sherrill Harbison, 1998
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The unknown Sigrid
Undset: Jenny and other works
Two short stories and a novel by the great Norwegian writer captures life in the capital in 1900.
Sigrid Undset, Tim Page, Tiina Nunnally, 2001
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Sigrid
Undset in America: An Annotated Bibliography and ...
Kristin Lavransdatter became a best seller, earning a position in the Book of the Month Club-a remarkable feat for a work that centers on a small country in the Middle Ages.
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Six Scandinavian Novelists: Lie, Jacobsen, Heidenstam, Selma ...
Some critics have insisted that there is nothing really natural in Sigrid Undset's
almost morbid preoccupation with the general problem of evil ; but this would be
to insist upon a very limited conception of what constitutes "the natural." The most
...
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In the Wilderness: The Master of Hestviken
It is Norway in the thirteenth century, a land rent by unremitting warfare and feebly lit by Christianity.
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Kristin Lavransdatter, III: The Cross
In Kristin Lavransdatter (1920-1922), Sigrid Undset interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of family life to create a colorful, richly detailed tapestry of Norway during the fourteenth-century.
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Paradigms and Paradoxes in the Life and Letters of Sigrid
Undset
This book takes the most popular paradigmists of our dayoSt.
Margaret Dunn (Sister.), 1994
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDSET»
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Undset is used in the context of the following news items.
I stua til Sigrid Undset
LILLEHAMMER (Dagbladet): En langvarig, kjølig vår har ført til at hvitveisen fortsatt står tett utenfor vinduene i Sigrid Undsets hjem Bjerkebæk på Lillehammer. «Dagbladet.no, Jun 15»
Sigrid Undset and the art of storytelling: Kristin Lavransdatter I: The …
I first came across Sigrid Undset during my first year of teaching. ... Paper” shows how flash fiction should be done) and writers I didn't know – like Sigrid Undset. «Scholars and Rogues, Apr 15»
The Memory of Catholicism
(In a historical novel like “Lavransdatter” this effect is doubled; since we reach back to Undset as she reaches back further still.) So as much as arguments over ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
- Sigrid Undset ville likt opprøret til Pussy Riot
LILLEHAMMER (Dagbladet) Ellen Horn myser mot sola og nyter eksplosjonen av sommer som har rammet festivalen med full styrke. Hun er klar for å iføre seg ... «Dagbladet.no, May 14»
U of M reissues Sigrid Undset's Norwegian tales
The University of Minnesota Press has reissued three significant volumes by Norwegian novelist Sigrid Undset. “True and Untrue and Other Norse Tales” is a ... «MinnPost.com, Sep 13»
Critic Katherine A. Powers: Why Book Translators Shouldn't Get …
Of all the Nordic novels I've read, Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter, Halldor Laxness' Independent People (translated from the Icelandic by J. A. Thompson), ... «Washington City Paper, Mar 13»
Ignorance of Botany Is Ignorance of Literature
This truth was brought home to me once more last night as I read Sigrid Undset's novel Ida Elisabeth . The title character, Undset tells us, “would have liked more ... «First Things, Jan 13»
Correcting History Personally: Stages on the Road
How shall I interpret my title? It could be a call to sanctity, certainly. But I have in mind the remarkable work that Sigrid Undset did in Stages on the Road. As you ... «Catholic Culture, Aug 12»
Sigrid Undset's Essays for our Time
Nearly a century has passed since Sigrid Undset wrote the biographical essays about holy men and women, and the letters, which eventually would be collected ... «First Things, May 12»
I Can't Believe You Haven't Read KRISTIN LAVRANSDATTER
No matter how late it is, I have to read for at least a few minutes or else I can't go to sleep. It turns out Kristin Lavransdatter: The Bridal Wreath by Sigrid Undset ... «National Catholic Register, May 12»
