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The Prose Edda consists of a Prologue and three separate books: Gylfaginning, concerning the creation and foretold destruction and rebirth of the Norse mythical world; Skáldskaparmál, a dialogue between Ægir, a Norse god connected with the sea, and Bragi, the skaldic god of poetry; and Háttatal, a demonstration of verse forms used in Norse ...
Scandinavian literature or Nordic literature is the literature in the languages of the Nordic countries of Northern Europe. The Nordic countries include Denmark , Finland , Iceland , Norway (including Svalbard ), Sweden, and Scandinavia's associated autonomous territories ( Åland , Faroe Islands and Greenland ).
Sweden was the last of the Scandinavian countries to be Christianised, with pagan resistance apparently strongest in Svealand, where Uppsala was an old and important ritual site as evidenced by the tales of Uppsala temple. [1] [2] Like the rest of Scandinavia, Sweden had significant artistic, musical and literary traditions during the Viking ...
Plaque commemorating Aksel Sandemose and citing his Law at his birthplace in Nykøbing Mors. The Law of Jante (Danish: janteloven [ˈjæntəˌlɔwˀən,-lɒwˀ-]) [note 1] is a code of conduct [1] originating in fiction and now used colloquially to denote a social attitude of disapproval towards expressions of individuality and personal success. [2]
Swedish literature (Swedish: Svensk litteratur) is the literature written in the Swedish language or by writers from Sweden. [1]The first literary text from Sweden is the Rök runestone, carved during the Viking Age circa 800 AD.
Much Old Norse poetry was originally preserved in oral culture, but the Old Norse language ceased to be spoken and later writing tended to be confined to history rather than for new poetic creation, which is normal for an extinct language. Modern knowledge of Old Norse poetry is preserved by what was written down.
[7] [11] The New York Times Book Review praised the prose as "admirably translated" that made the book "literature of a high order." [12] [9] The translation immediately became "a Book-of-the-Month Club hit." [13] Simon & Schuster printed a first-run of 75,000 copies [14] and sold more than 650,000 copies between 1928 and 1942. [9]
Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark was Wollstonecraft's most popular book in the 1790s—it sold well and was reviewed favorably by most critics. Wollstonecraft's future husband, philosopher William Godwin, wrote: "If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book."