Jan Sjåvik is an associate professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he has been a faculty member since 1978.

Jan Sjåvik's survey of the literary culture of the Nordic region will provide anyone wanting introductory information readily accessible accounts of its richness and variety. The succinct descriptions of the area's most important writers affords a convenient point of departure for understanding notable aspects of their background and relationships to one another.

• Part 1 Editor's ForewordPart 2 AcknowledgmentsPart 3 Reader's NotePart 4 ChronologyPart 5 IntroductionPart 6 THE DICTIONARYPart 7 BibliographyChapter 8 General Scandinavian Literary History and CriticismChapter 9 DenmarkChapter 10 FinlandChapter 11 IcelandChapter 12 NorwayChapter 13 SwedenPart 14 About the Author

Jan Sjåvik is an associate professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he has been a faculty member since 1978.

Jan Sjåvik's survey of the literary culture of the Nordic region will provide anyone wanting introductory information readily accessible accounts of its richness and variety. The succinct descriptions of the area's most important writers affords a convenient point of departure for understanding notable aspects of their background and relationships to one another.

• Part 1 Editor's ForewordPart 2 AcknowledgmentsPart 3 Reader's NotePart 4 ChronologyPart 5 IntroductionPart 6 THE DICTIONARYPart 7 BibliographyChapter 8 General Scandinavian Literary History and CriticismChapter 9 DenmarkChapter 10 FinlandChapter 11 IcelandChapter 12 NorwayChapter 13 SwedenPart 14 About the Author

Jan Sjåvik is an associate professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he has been a faculty member since 1978.

Jan Sjåvik's survey of the literary culture of the Nordic region will provide anyone wanting introductory information readily accessible accounts of its richness and variety. The succinct descriptions of the area's most important writers affords a convenient point of departure for understanding notable aspects of their background and relationships to one another.

• Part 1 Editor's ForewordPart 2 AcknowledgmentsPart 3 Reader's NotePart 4 ChronologyPart 5 IntroductionPart 6 THE DICTIONARYPart 7 BibliographyChapter 8 General Scandinavian Literary History and CriticismChapter 9 DenmarkChapter 10 FinlandChapter 11 IcelandChapter 12 NorwayChapter 13 SwedenPart 14 About the Author