Arnljot Gelline

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American-Scandinavian foundation, 1917 - 155 стор.

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Сторінка 155 - GODDARD LEACH, Secretary of the Foundation SCANDINAVIAN CLASSICS I. Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker , Erasmus Montanus Translated from the Danish by OSCAR JAMES CAMPBELL, JR., and FREDERIC SCHENCK, with an Introduction by OSCAR JAMES CAMPBELL, JR. 1914. xv +178 pages. Price $1.50 To the American-Scandinavian Foundation the English reading public is indebted for the first adequate attempt to introduce the versatile genius who built the foundation for drama in Denmark....
Сторінка 155 - ... for the most part a happy one, and this happiness is reflected in the optimism of his poetry. Boston Herald. III. Poems and Songs by Bjornstjerne Bjornson Translated from the Norwegian in the Original Meters, with an Introduction and Notes, by ARTHUR HUBBELL PALMER. 1915. xxii+264 pages. Price $1.50 original. Not least will they appreciate the fact that he has left the hewn stones of Bjornson's lines in their native ruggedness instead of attempting to reduce them to a brick-and-mortar smoothness....
Сторінка 32 - I can find no peace. From what far-off land hast thou taken flight? From the land of the North, a weary way. What stayed thy feet at our gate this night? The chant of the nuns, for I heard them pray, And the song gave peace To my soul, and blessed me; It offered release From the grief that oppressed...
Сторінка ix - Arnljot Gelline HH Boyesen says: "Never has he found a more daring and tremendous expression for the spirit of old Norse paganism than in this powerful but somewhat chaotic poem. Never has any one gazed more deeply into the ferocious heart of the primitive, predatory man, whose free, wild soul has not yet been tamed by social obligations and the scourge of the law.
Сторінка 126 - IN STAVANGER AMT. Called Valfather, and those fallen warriors whom he chooses to be his guests, are known as einheriar, ie, great champions. Valhalla is splendidly decorated with burnished weapons. The ceiling is made of spears, the roof is covered with shining shields, and the walls are adorned with armor and coats of mail. Hence the champions issue forth every day and fight great battles, killing and maiming each other. But every night they wake up whole and unscathed and return to Odin's hall,...
Сторінка 155 - COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS WILLIAM HENRY SCHOFIELD, Professor of Comparative Literature in Harvard University, Chairman ARTHUR HUBBELL PALMER, Professor of the German Language and Literature in Yale University HENRY GODDARD LEACH, Secretary of the Foundation SCANDINAVIAN CLASSICS I. Comedies by Holberg: Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus Translated from the Danish by OSCAR JAMES CAMPBELL, JR., and FREDERIC SCHENCK, with an Introduction by OSCAR JAMES CAMPBELL, JR. 1914. xv +...

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