“Vill ‘Hem’, Men Vet ej var Hemmet Ligger”: Migration and the Aesthetics of Estrangement in Verner von Heidenstam’s Formative Art and Prose

This essay argues that Nobel laureate Verner von Heidenstam’s campaign against naturalist aesthetics in late nineteenth-century Swedish literature was motivated, in part, by the sense of estrangement he developed from Swedish cultural life during his adolescent years as a migrant. It also contends t...

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Main Author: Elliott J. Brandsma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
Series:Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/13/6/170
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