The article analyzes an early translation of the Old Norse saga 'Áns saga Bogsveigs' by August Strindberg. The text is a fragment (Strindberg never completed it) which is almost unknown. It has been published among his early texts by the author himself with the title I vårbrytningen 'At springtime', a title which he maintained in later editions. This paper compares the Old Norse text with Strindberg's 'Ån Bogsveigs saga', pointing out innovations and changes and investigating their literary and cultural motivations.
August Strindberg’s Remaking of Áns saga bogsveigis
LOMBARDI, MARIA CRISTINA
2016-01-01
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The article analyzes an early translation of the Old Norse saga 'Áns saga Bogsveigs' by August Strindberg. The text is a fragment (Strindberg never completed it) which is almost unknown. It has been published among his early texts by the author himself with the title I vårbrytningen 'At springtime', a title which he maintained in later editions. This paper compares the Old Norse text with Strindberg's 'Ån Bogsveigs saga', pointing out innovations and changes and investigating their literary and cultural motivations.File in questo prodotto:
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