Images of a promised land in Norwegian and Swedish emigrant novels
This thesis examines the use of emigration as a literary theme in Norwegian and Swedish novels. The basic hypothesis presented is that the images employed in literary descriptions of emigration are determined by authors’ attitudes towards emigration which are, in turn, determined by their role as co...
Main Author: | Caspi, Dana |
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University of Edinburgh
2000
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.642666 |
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