Jens Baggesen

Broschiertes Buch

The Labyrinth

Beschreibung

The Labyrinth follows Jens Baggesen's journey, made in 1789, from Copenhagen through Germany to the Swiss border at Basel. Jesper Gulddal's English translation displays the eclectic literary styles and genre-defying narrative, which foregrounds Baggesen's individual responses to the places and people he encounters.

Autor

Jesper Gulddal is Professor of Literary Studies at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Holding a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Copenhagen, he has published books, edited collections, and journal articles on European literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, focusing particularly on intercultural perceptions and questions of mobility and movement control. Most recently, he has helped develop a new global approach to crime fiction. He is also an experienced translator between Danish, German, and English. Henrik Blicher is Associate Professor in the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen. A literary historian specialising in Danish literature 1600-1900, his work focuses particularly on textual scholarship and editing. In addition to edited books and numerous journal articles, his publications include an acclaimed Danish edition of Jens Baggesen's The Labyrinth. He is also the editor of the complete works of Danish Romantic poet A.W. Schack von Staffeldt.

Produktdetails

• Oxford World's Classics
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 194mm x 128mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9780192898517
• ISBN-10: 0192898515
• Artikelnr.: 70203041