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• catalog abstract "Annotation When Americans remember him at all, they no doubt think of Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) as the author of Hunger or as the Norwegian who, along with Vidkun Quisling, betrayed his country by supporting the Nazis during World War II. Yet Hamsun, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1920 for his novel The Growth of the Soil, was and remains one of the most important and influential novelists of his time. Knut Hamsun Remembers America is a collection of thirteen essays and stories based largely on Hamsun's experiences during the four years he spent in the United States when he was a young man. Most of these pieces have never been published before in an English translation, and none are readily available. Hamsun's feelings about America and American ways were complex. For the most part, they were more negative than positive, and they found expression in many of his writings--directly in his reminiscences and indirectly in his fiction. In On the Cultural Life of Modern America, his first major book, he portrayed theUnited States as a land of gross and greedy materialism, populated by illiterates who were utterly lacking in artistic originality or refinement. Although the pieces in this collection are not all anti-American, most of them emphasize the strangeness and unpleasantness, as the author saw it, of life in what he called Yankeeland. Arranged chronologically, the pieces fall into three categories: Critical Reporting, Memory and Fantasy, and Mellow Reminiscence. The Critical Reporting section includes articles that appeared in Norwegian or Danish newspapers soon after each of Hamsun's two visits to America and that give his views on a variety of American subjects, and includes an essay devoted toMark Twain. Memory and Fantasy comprises narratives of life in America, most of which are presented as personal experiences but which actually are blends of fact and fiction. Mellow Reminiscence includes later and fonder recolle.".
• catalog contributor b12841533.
• catalog contributor b12841534.
• catalog coverage "United States Civilization.".
• catalog created "c2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "c2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
• catalog description "Annotation When Americans remember him at all, they no doubt think of Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) as the author of Hunger or as the Norwegian who, along with Vidkun Quisling, betrayed his country by supporting the Nazis during World War II. Yet Hamsun, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1920 for his novel The Growth of the Soil, was and remains one of the most important and influential novelists of his time. Knut Hamsun Remembers America is a collection of thirteen essays and stories based largely on Hamsun's experiences during the four years he spent in the United States when he was a young man. Most of these pieces have never been published before in an English translation, and none are readily available. Hamsun's feelings about America and American ways were complex. For the most part, they were more negative than positive, and they found expression in many of his writings--directly in his reminiscences and indirectly in his fiction. In On the Cultural Life of Modern America, his first major book, he portrayed theUnited States as a land of gross and greedy materialism, populated by illiterates who were utterly lacking in artistic originality or refinement. Although the pieces in this collection are not all anti-American, most of them emphasize the strangeness and unpleasantness, as the author saw it, of life in what he called Yankeeland. Arranged chronologically, the pieces fall into three categories: Critical Reporting, Memory and Fantasy, and Mellow Reminiscence. The Critical Reporting section includes articles that appeared in Norwegian or Danish newspapers soon after each of Hamsun's two visits to America and that give his views on a variety of American subjects, and includes an essay devoted toMark Twain. Memory and Fantasy comprises narratives of life in America, most of which are presented as personal experiences but which actually are blends of fact and fiction. Mellow Reminiscence includes later and fonder recolle.".
• catalog description "Critical reporting (1885-1888) -- The American character -- New York City -- Yellow Thunder's camp -- Mark Twain -- A bonanza farm -- Robert Ingersoll -- Memory and fantasy (1897-1905) -- Terror -- On the prairie -- Zachæus -- Vagabond days -- A woman's victory -- Mellow reminiscence (1928, 1949) -- Festina lente -- My first time abroad.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-155).".
• catalog extent "ix, 155 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Knut Hamsun remembers America.".
• catalog identifier "0826214568 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Knut Hamsun remembers America.".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "c2003.".
• catalog language "eng nor".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press,".
• catalog relation "Knut Hamsun remembers America.".
• catalog spatial "United States Civilization.".
• catalog subject "839.8/28603 B 21".
• catalog subject "Hamsun, Knut, 1859-1952 Translations into English.".
• catalog subject "Hamsun, Knut, 1859-1952 Travel United States.".
• catalog subject "PT8950.H3 K59 2003".
• catalog tableOfContents "Critical reporting (1885-1888) -- The American character -- New York City -- Yellow Thunder's camp -- Mark Twain -- A bonanza farm -- Robert Ingersoll -- Memory and fantasy (1897-1905) -- Terror -- On the prairie -- Zachæus -- Vagabond days -- A woman's victory -- Mellow reminiscence (1928, 1949) -- Festina lente -- My first time abroad.".
• catalog title "Knut Hamsun remembers America : essays and stories, 1885-1949 / translated and edited by Richard Nelson Current.".
• catalog type "text".