Isak Dinesen: Critical Views.

Scandinavian Studies | June 22, 1994| | Copyright

This collection of essays follows on the heels of Olga Pelensky's Isak Dinesen: The Life and Imagination of a Seducer, published in 1991, also by Ohio University Press (see Scandinavian Studies 64:1, 176-9). Both books are attractively produced and on a subject of interest to Scandinavianists and general readers alike. Both, however, need to be used with caution.

Isak Dinesen: Critical Views includes twenty-six reviews, articles, and excerpts from books, printed in chronological order and ranging from Aage Hendriksen's seminal 1952 essay, "Karen Blixen and ...

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