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- Title
Between Literature and Pamphlet: Women Writers on Sexual Transactions in the Scandinavian Modern Breakthrough.
- Authors
Brouwer-Turci, Gisella; Liet, Henk A. van der
- Abstract
In the nonfictional works Nutidens ansvar og forpligtelser, Om Albertine, and Penningen och Kärleken, Fibiger, Skram, and Stéenhoff clearly express their own perspectives on sexual transactions. Fibiger talks about appropriate school education for future domestic maids; Skram speaks about "examples in which the so-called public ladies turned into good, loyal, capable and self-sacrificing wives"; and Stéenhoff refers to an ideal society where love will be detached from money. For example, when a desperate Constance, after having seen Ring kissing their housemaid Alette, confides to her friend Marie about her idea of leaving him, Marie not only starts telling her about [53] [[24]], but she also explains that this behavior is common, and that Constance should accept Ring's love unconditionally, despite his infidelity. Writing about the Modern Breakthrough (MB) means opening a vantage point on a remarkably dynamic phase in the history of Scandinavian literature during the last three decades of the nineteenth century until the beginning of the First World War.[1] During this period, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway were closely tight to each other in the literary marketplace, in which the Danish literary critic Georg Brandes (1842-1927) played a central role. First, we observed that Skram, Fibiger and Stéenhoff, both in their novels (or novella) or nonfictional works, and well-aligned with Georg Brandes's call for a social engagement of MB authors ([1]; [8]; [30]), all clearly demonstrate a mission to contribute to societal change, that is, to create actual improvement.
- Subjects
WOMEN'S sexual behavior; WOMEN authors; FAMILY structure; 19TH century (Literary period)
- Publication
Scandinavian Studies, 2023, Vol 95, Issue 3, p367
- ISSN
0036-5637
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5406/21638195.95.3.04