Jane Austen Speaks Norwegian

Marie Nedregotten Sørbø, Ph.D. (2009), University of Oslo, is Professor of English Literature at Volda University College, Norway. The author of Irony and Idyll (Rodopi, 2014), she has published on the reception of women, including Jane Austen and George Eliot.

"What I so enjoyed about this book was the way it made me think about the genius of Austen’s language.[...] This book gives the close reader of Austen so much to ponder and discuss.[...] this excellent book really should be on the shelf of anybody serious about their Austen. I loved accompanying Jane Austen on her fascinating travels in Norway. Well written, thought-provoking and intriguing, this is a book I can highly recommend."- Susannah Fullerton, Sensibilities, Vol 56. June 2018, pp. 96-100“Sørbø’s section dealing with what she calls ‘Old-fashionedness as deliberate construction’ is fascinating, and will be of great interest to those who – like me – have no knowledge of the Norwegian language.”"[…]There are interesting anecdotes to be found […] about cultural transformations, and how England’s Jane crosses borders, anecdotes that would delight a general reader, and indeed viewers of televised Austen adaptations. For the scholarly market, Sørbø’s book, in particular, deserves to be read by those interested in reception history, as well as in literary translation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries more broadly. We have by no means heard the last word on translating Austen [….] proffers useful ways forward for future research.”-Gillian Dow, University of Southampton in Translation and Literature, Edinburgh University Press, Vol. 29, Part 2, Summer 2020, pp.266-271

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsIntroduction: Jane Austen Travels1 Austen Goes to Norway2 Cuts and Simplifications3 Additions and Elaborations4 Blunder5 Shades and Nuances6 A Sense of Style7 Wanted and Unwanted Repetitions8 Choice and Repertoire of Words9 Foreign or Domestic?10 Irony11 Censorship12 Amending the Love StoryConclusionAppendix 1: Jane Austen’s Anonymity in Nineteenth-century TranslationsAppendix 2: Timeline: Jane Austen’s Presences and Absences in Norwegian ContextsBibliographyIndex