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The formation of an artistic identity: the young Artur Lundkvist.
From:
Scandinavian Studies
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June 22, 1994| Author:
Eriksson, Magnus
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The 20th century Swedish poet Artur Lundkvist was an innovator who replaced the symbolist tradition with an expressionist structure. Influences on Lundkvist included countrymen such as Par Lagerkvist and Vilhelm Ekelund and later American poets Walt Whitman and Carl Sandburg. Lundkvist's most significant model, however, was Edgar Lee Masters and his 'Spoon River Anthology.' From Masters, Lundkvist learned to depict life in poems by focussing on one significant event or detail. Other Masters t...
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