THE HISTORY OF THE SCANDINAVIAN LITERATURES A Survey of the Literatures of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland, from Their Origins to the Present Day, Including Scandinavian-American Authors, and Selected Bibliographies
by Bach, Giovanni
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About This Item
New York: Dial Press, 1938. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards with silver spine titles. Top edge stained purple. 407 pp. including index and selected bibliographies for each of the Scandinavain countries including Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and Denmark. An extensive, definitive and authoritative history of the leading works in the literature of the Scandinavan countries. A very tight, clean, fresh, internally unmarked and apparently unread volume with a solid top stain, in a crisp sharp, very tight, clean fresh remarkably well preserved dust jacket. A couple of small white spots to fron board, else fine. Near fine in a very fine dust jacket..
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- Brillig Books
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- 08453
- Title
- THE HISTORY OF THE SCANDINAVIAN LITERATURES A Survey of the Literatures of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland, from Their Origins to the Present Day, Including Scandinavian-American Authors, and Selected Bibliographies
- Author
- Bach, Giovanni
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dial Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- BACH, SCANDINAVIA, SAGA, LITERATURE, TRADITIONAL, CRITICAL, NATIONAL, FOLK, LITERATRUE, LITERARY, NOVEL, POEM, VERSE, EPIC, NARRATIVE, NORDIC, DENMARK, SWEDEN, FINLAND, NORWAY, NATIONALISTIC, CRITICISM, ANALYSISI, HISTORY, FORMS, THEMES, MOTIFS, ANALYSIS,
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