Nordic and European Modernisms

This collection is an e-book and printed book of a Special Issue of "Humanities" entitled "Nordic and European Modernisms". The collection explores the growth and development of Nordic modernisms in a European context. Concentrating on and yet not limiting itself to the study of literary texts, the Special Issue shows that the emergence of modernism in the Nordic countries is linked to, and inspired by, the innovative works published in western Europe and the USA towards the end of the nineteenth century and in the first decades of the twentieth century. Presenting Nordic art as multi-dimensional and dynamic, it also shows that, while responding to original aspects of these modernizing texts, Nordic modernism itself contributed to modernism as a complex international trend. Contributors: Ástráður Eysteinsson, Susan C. Brantly, Annegret Heitmann, Unni Langås, Mats Jansson, Elisabeth Bladh, Dean Krouk, Joachim Schiedermair, Irina Ruppo, Louise Mønster, Per Thomas Andersen.