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- Title
Per Olov Enquist and Germany.
- Authors
Shideler, Ross
- Abstract
The article focuses on short story author Per Olov Enquist has written about or used German sources since his earliest work. It mentions he uses the childhood conflict between his mother's Christian faith and his own search for rational explanations as a kind of lever to open the door into the minds of his characters throughout his writing. It also mentions his novel "Magnetisörens femte vinter" by Enquist and uses the German physician Mesmer as a parallel figure to the novel's protagonist.
- Subjects
ENQUIST, Per Olov, 1934-; FAITH; CHRISTIANITY; WRITING; MAGNETISORENS femte vinter (Book)
- Publication
Scandinavian Studies, 2019, Vol 91, Issue 4, p568
- ISSN
0036-5637
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5406/scanstud.91.4.0568