''Edda. Scandinavian Journal of Literary Research'' ( no, Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning) is a magazine for research on
Scandinavian literature, and for literary researchers in the Scandinavian countries. The magazine is based in Oslo.
History
''Edda'' was founded by
Gerhard Gran
Gerhard von der Lippe Gran (9 December 1856 – 7 April 1925) was a Norwegian literary historian, professor, magazine editor, essayist and biographer.
Personal life
Gran was born in Bergen as the son of merchant Christen Knagenhjelm Gran (1822†...
in 1914.
The magazine's first publishing house was
Aschehoug
H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), commonly known as Aschehoug,() is one of the largest independent publishing companies in Norway, founded in 1872. Headquartered in Oslo, the publishing house has 480 employees. The Aschehoug group also comprises ot ...
. Gran edited the magazine until his death in 1925.
Literary historian
Francis Bull was editor-in-chief from 1925 to 1960.
edited the magazine from 1962 to 1972.
Ã…se Hiorth Lervik
Ã…se Hiorth Lervik (2 June 1933 – 3 November 1997) was a Norwegian literary researcher.
Biography
Lervik was born in Oslo on 2 June 1933.
Her doctorate thesis from 1971 was a study on Henrik Ibsen's play '' Brand''. She was professor at ...
was editor from 1972 to 1985.
In the 1960s ''Edda'' published articles written in the languages of
Scandinavian countries, and its focus was exclusively on their literature.
Recent years
The editorial responsibility for the journal has circulated between Universities in Norway. It was edited from the
University of Trondheim
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', whic ...
from 1991 to 1995, and from the
University of Oslo from 1996 to 2000. From 2001 to 2005 the journal was housed at the
University of Agder,
Kristiansand, from 2006 to 2010 at the
University of Tromsø and from 2011 to 2014 at the
University of Bergen. As of 2015 the journal is again housed at the
University of Oslo, where it is edited by Ståle Dingstad, Thorstein Norheim and Ellen Rees.
Special issues
Two special issues were 4/2004, which includes several articles originally given as papers at the conference ''The Gendered Body, Aesthetics and Experience'' at the
University of Agder, and 6/2006, which was dedicated to
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playw ...
at the 100th anniversary of his death.
Research articles
Works that have been studied in recent years include classical texts by Ibsen,
Amalie Skram,
Arne Garborg,
August Strindberg,
Henrik Wergeland,
Knut Hamsun,
Tarjei Vesaas and
Bellman
Bellman may refer to:
* Town crier, an officer of the court who makes public pronouncements
* Bellhop, a hotel porter
* Bellman (surname)
* Bellman (diving), a standby diver and diver's attendant
* Bellman hangar, a prefabricated, portable aircraf ...
, and texts by the contemporaries
Jon Fosse,
Dag Solstad and
Lars Saabye Christensen
Lars Saabye Christensen (born 21 September 1953 in Oslo) is a Norwegian/Danish author.
Saabye Christensen was raised in the Skillebekk neighbourhood of Oslo, but lived for many years in Sortland in northern Norway; both places play a major rol ...
. Other subjects discussed include Literature from Greenland,
and Scandinavian literature in
England.
References
External links
Official website
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1914 establishments in Norway
Magazines established in 1914
Magazines published in Oslo
Multilingual magazines
Norwegian-language magazines
Literary magazines published in Norway
Quarterly magazines published in Norway