Despite the popularity of her writing, little is known about her life. For this provocative biography, Pelensky has uncovered hundreds of papers in libraries and private collections, and discovered new interview sources in Africa, Denmark, and England to help put the pieces of Dinesen’s life together. Her father’s outspoken sympathy for the plight of the American Indians, his suicide and the effects of his personal anguish as a failed adventurer are illuminated as major forces on Dinesen’s imagination. The Danish history of romance and masquerade and the tradition of pantomime in Denmark are also explored as themes that recur in Dinesen’s work.
Despite the popularity of her writing, little is known about her life. For this provocative biography, Pelensky has uncovered hundreds of papers in libraries and private collections, and discovered new interview sources in Africa, Denmark, and England to help put the pieces of Dinesen’s life together. Her father’s outspoken sympathy for the plight of the American Indians, his suicide and the effects of his personal anguish as a failed adventurer are illuminated as major forces on Dinesen’s imagination. The Danish history of romance and masquerade and the tradition of pantomime in Denmark are also explored as themes that recur in Dinesen’s work.
Isak Dinesen: The Life And Imagination Of A Seducer
243Isak Dinesen: The Life And Imagination Of A Seducer
243Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780821410080 |
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Publisher: | Ohio University Press |
Publication date: | 04/30/1991 |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 243 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d) |
Lexile: | 1670L (what's this?) |