Selma Lagerlöf (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
By the last decade of the nineteenth century, Swedish literature was following the lead of the realistic movement. The style and subject matter had been set by Honoré de Balzac, Gustave Flaubert, and Émile Zola, and serious artists were seeking ways to express the latest scientific discoveries in literary form. Into this cultural situation came a woman whose sensibility had been shaped by the folk legends of agrarian Sweden and who was not at all concerned with demonstrating scientific truths in literature. With The Story of Gösta Berling, Selma Ottiliana Lovisa Lagerlöf...
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Diary of Selma Lagerlöf, The (Nonfiction)Outlaws, The (Short Stories)Silver Mine, The (Short Stories)Story of Gösta Berling, The (Masterplots Classics)Story of Gösta Berling, The (Women’s Literature)Story of Gösta Berling, The (Character Profiles)Story of Gösta Berling, The (Literary Places)Gay and Lesbian Long Fiction (Topical Overview--Long Fiction)Scandinavian Long Fiction (Topical Overview--Long Fiction)
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