Scandinavia Refracted (2022)

Scandinavia Refracted (2022)

This volume honours the work of Bjarne Thomsen, bringing together 24 contributions that explore everything from early Christianity in Scandinavia to the contemporary currents that bind Scotland and Scandinavia together via many points in between.

Scandinavia can be seen through many lenses and from many different angles, but few are as diverse as those of Dr Bjarne Thorup Thomsen. On the occasion of his retirement from the University of Edinburgh, this volume honours his body of work, bringing together 24 contributions from Bjarne’s friends and colleagues that explore everything from early Christianity in Scandinavia to the contemporary currents that bind Scotland and Scandinavia together via many points in between. These many refractions of Scandinavia exhibit both the quality of Bjarne’s interdisciplinary research and his generosity of spirit.

Edited by Ian Giles

Contents:

  • Introduction – Ian Giles
  • A Young Dane Named Bjarne – Gunilla Blom Thomsen
  • On a Bench in Edinburgh – Jakob Thorup Thomsen
    Representations of Scandinavia
  • Tradition and Innovation: The Function of Ambiguity in the Three Scandinavian Runic Conversion Monuments – Arne Kruse
  • The Zorns in St Ives – Helen Robinson
  • A Duel of Shine and Shadow – Eric Cain
  • Bevægelsesdramatik: The Railway Film and the Danish and British Documentary Movements – C. Claire Thomson
  • With Gratitude – Steinvör Pálsson
  • Winter Afternoons in Buccleuch Place – Dana Caspi
    A Literary Lens on Scandinavia
  • Amalie Skram as a Travel Writer – Janet Garton
  • Flying Lessons with Bjarne – Anna Bohlin
  • Feminism, Interplay, and Cooperation: A Comparison of Selma Lagerlöf ’s ‘Hem och stat’ and Karen Blixen’s ‘En Baaltale med Aars Forsinkelse’ – Barbara Tesio-Ryan
  • Selma Lagerlöf ’s Transnational Terrains – Lisbeth Stenberg
  • Olof Högberg’s Analogy for the Colonisation of the North of Sweden – Anders Öhman
    The Many Faces of Denmark
  • The Right Stuff: Gösta Winkler, Akademisk Skytteforening, and Churchill’s ‘Danish Demand’ – John Gilmour
  • Jeg er ikke bange for dig’: Elements of the (Anti)Hero’s Journey in Two Classics of 1970s Danish Children’s Literature – Guy Puzey
  • On the Right Frequency – Charlotte Berry
  • Rewriting the Homeland – Danish Islands: Real, Imagined, and Between the Lines – Henk van der Liet
  • Our Nordic Neighbours: The Present State of the Danish Community in Scotland – Ruairidh Tarvet
    Understanding Scandinavia
  • Small Countries, Media, and Cosmopolitan Thinking – Dominic Hinde
  • The Right Time for a Dane to Cross the North Sea – Ian Giles
  • Bjarne’s Quiet Wisdom – Julie Larsen
  • Anger and Hypocrisy in Vigdis Hjorth’s Et norsk hus – Is Alma Complicit? – Anja Tröger
  • What Have the Romans Vikings Ever Done For Us?: A ‘Postcard’ on How Studying Literature and Mythology Equips You for a Career in Politics – Fiona Twycross
    A Life in Print
  • Moving Currents: A Note of Appreciation – Laura Alice Chapot
  • Bibliography of Bjarne Thorup Thomsen

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