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Isak Dinesen: The Life and Imagination of a Seducer

Book by Olga Anastasia Pelensky; Ohio University Press, 1991

Subjects:

Authors, Danish--20th Century--Biography, Dinesen, Isak--1885-1962, Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...167 , 171 "Diary of the Seducer", 39, 80, 159, 204n Dinesen, Adolph Wilhelm, grandfather , 10 -15, 31 , 35 Dinesen, Anders brother , xxiii , 52 , 54 , 106 , 200 n Dinesen, Anna aunt , 14 Dinesen children, xxiii , 9 -10, 22 , 24...
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Great World Writers: Twentieth Century - Vol. 3

Book by Patrick M. O'Neil; Marshall Cavendish, 2004

Subjects:

Authors--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, Dinesen, Isak--1885-1962--Criticism and interpretation, Emecheta, Buchi--Criticism and interpretation, Forster, E. M--(Edward Morgan)--1879-1970--Criticism and interpretation, Fugard, Athol--Criticism and interpretation, Garcia Lorca, Federico--1898-1936--Criticism and interpretation, Kao, Hsi-chen--Criticism and interpretation, Literature, Modern--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...sojourned among the Indians in America, so Dinesen sojourned among the Africans. Wilhelm...tellectual, and feminist aunt, taught Dinesen French and English and tried to instill her own val- ues into Dinesen. Dinesen often rebelled against Aunt...
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Manichean Aesthetics: The Politics of Literature in Colonial Africa

Book by Abdul R. Janmohamed; University of Massachusetts Press, 1983

Subjects:

Africa--In Literature, African Fiction (English)--History And Criticism, Cary, Joyce--1888-1957--Political And Social Views, Colonies In Literature, Dinesen, Isak--1885-1962--Political And Social Views, Imperialism In Literature, Political Fiction--History And Criticism, Politics And Literature--Africa--History--20th Century

Collections: Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...which Others have to be respected. 20 Dinesen, then, is clearly an exception to the...and reciprocations are equal: in fact, Dinesen is the leader and the natives are the...the former converts to Christianity, Dinesen, being curious about the "idea he attached...
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Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature

Book by Kathy J. Whitson; Greenwood Press, 2004

Subjects:

Feminism And Literature--Encyclopedias, Feminism In Literature--Encyclopedias, Feminist Literature--Encyclopedias, Women And Literature--Encyclopedias, Women Authors--Bio-Bibliography, Women In Literature--Encyclopedias

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...in middle age. Born Karen Christentze Dinesen in 1885 in Rungstedlund, Denmark, Tanne...of Ingeborg (Westenholz) and Wilhelm Dinesen. Tanne idolized her father, who committed...brothers were sent to boarding school, Dinesen accompanied her mother and sisters to...
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The Devil's Advocates: Decadence in Modern Literature

Book by Thomas Reed Whissen; Greenwood Press, 1989

Subjects:

Decadence In Literature, Literature, Modern--19th Century--History And Criticism, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...about to leave for Bonn to study there, Dinesen made him sign a document which she called...was an incorrigible gossip, something Dinesen loved, but it was also true that "nothing was safe from his mockery," not even Dinesen herself 353 . Even though Dinesen is the...

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The Danish Spinster and the English Rake? Isak Dinesen as the Inimitable Lord Byron-A Mythobiography

Journal article by Lisa Eck; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 81, 2009

Subjects:

Authors, Danish--Criticism and interpretation, Authors, Danish--Works, Authors, English--Criticism and interpretation, Authors, English--Works, Byron, George Gordon Noel, Baron--Criticism and interpretation, Byron, George Gordon Noel, Baron--Works, Danish writers--Criticism and interpretation, Danish writers--Works, Dinesen, Isak--Criticism and interpretation, Dinesen, Isak--Works, English writers--Criticism and interpretation, English writers--Works

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...Danish Spinster and the English Rake? Isak Dinesen as the Inimitable Lord Byron-A Mythobiography...represents an authorial fantasy dear to Isak Dinesen. As the trouser-clad Baroness, who...pseudonymous "male" poet in her own right, Dinesen, like Agnese, entertained the notion...
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Dinesen in Three Dimensions: a Comparing of Irony in Two Films of Dinesen's Stories

Journal article by Stephanie Branson; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 28, 2000

Subjects:

Dinesen, Isak (Karen Blixen) (1885-1962), Motion pictures, Writers

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Dinesen in Three Dimensions: a Comparing of Irony...The best setting for the tales of Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen 1885-1962) is undoubt...written word" (my translation). But Isak Dinesen is dead, and while it is possible to listen...
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Don Giovanni and the Storytelling of Isak Dinesen: Mosaic Art and the Articulation of Desire

Journal article by Ronald Schleifer; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 42, 2009

Subjects:

Authors--Criticism and interpretation, Authors--Works, Babette's Feast (Motion picture)--Criticism and interpretation, Desire--Analysis, Dinesen, Isak--Criticism and interpretation, Dinesen, Isak--Works, Don Giovanni (Opera)--Criticism and interpretation, Mosaics--Analysis, Motion pictures--Criticism and interpretation, Movies--Criticism and interpretation, Operas--Criticism and interpretation, The Dreamers (Motion picture)--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Criticism and interpretation, Writers--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Giovanni and the Storytelling of Isak Dinesen: Mosaic Art and the Articulation of Desire...on Don Giovanni and the stories of lsah Dinesen, particularly on "Babettes Feast" and...keeps filling in bit by bit. --Isak Dinesen, "The Roads Round Pisa"
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Holy Witch and Wanton Saint: Gothic Precursors for Isak Dinesen's "The Dreamers"

Journal article by Ellen Rees; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 78, 2006

Subjects:

Christian saints--Portrayals, Dinesen, Isak--Works, Gothic literature, The Dreamers (Short fiction), Witches--Portrayals

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...Dreamers". by Ellen Rees We know that Isak Dinesen strove to create intricate intertextual...sources of inspiration and irritation for Dinesen include major writers such as Soren Kierkegaard...interrogating the frequent comment that Dinesen can and should be read through the lens...
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The Artist as Peacemaker: "Babette's Feast" as a Narrative of Reconciliation

Journal article by Laurie Brands Gagne; Renascence: Essays on Values in Literature, Vol. 60, 2008

Subjects:

Authors, Danish--Criticism and interpretation, Authors, Danish--Works, Babette's Feast (Short fiction)--Criticism and interpretation, Danish writers--Criticism and interpretation, Danish writers--Works, Dinesen, Isak--Criticism and interpretation, Dinesen, Isak--Works, Religious fiction--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...Northern European compatriot of Ettys, Isak Dinesen, writing later in the twentieth century...outsider to the sect can make it appear that Dinesen belongs to the camp of feminists who view...and the Goddess in the Stories of Isak Dinesen, argues that "Babettes Feast" describes...

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Isak Dinesen: the Danish Scheherezade

Magazine article by Susan Brantly; Scandinavian Review, Vol. 90, Autumn 2002

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Dinesen, Isak (Karen Blixen) (1885-1962), Personal profiles, Writers

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Isak Dinesen: the Danish Scheherezade by Susan Brantly...LITERATURE MORE BLOODY THAN I," claimed Isak Dinesen. Anyone who has seen Sydney Pollacks...of Baroness Karen Blixen (alias Isak Dinesen), focusing on the years she spent running...
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Babette on the Barricades

Magazine article by Justin Hayford; American Theatre, Vol. 14, March 1997

Subjects:

Babette's Feast (Theater)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Dinesen, Isak--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Theater Oobleck--Performances

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...Isaacson mounts his own literary insurrection, turning the text, as well as the Academy award-winning 1988 film, inside out. Dinesen tells the story of Babette, exiled from France during the final days of the Paris Commune and washed up on the shores of Berlevaag...
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Lights, Camera, Emulsions for out of Africa

Magazine article by Samir Hachem; American Cinematographer, Vol. 67, February 1986

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...life in it, was the air," wrote Isak Dinesen back in 1937 about Nairobi. "Looking...ought to be. From 1914 to 1931, Isak Dinesen (the Danish Baroness Karen Blixen) lived...very authoratative biography, "Isak Dinesen: Life of a Storyteller," as well as...
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Who Said It?

Magazine article by Meredith Hindley; Humanities, Vol. 30, November 2009

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...came up and told me their story. A. Isak Dinesen B. Bram Stoker C. Charles Dickens D. Anthony...provinces of the proceedings. 3. A. Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa (1937). In 1914, Dinesen (nee Karen Blixen) traded Denmark for Kenya...
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Zero

Magazine article by Dick Teresi; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 280, July 1997

Subjects:

Calendars--Public opinion, Millennium--Public opinion

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...reminds him of Out of Africa, by Isak Dinesen, in which the author was taught Swahili...ten, eleven, and so on. But no nine. Dinesen believed her teacher in part because her...nine in Swahili,"the dairyman told Dinesen. He might have added, "They have not...

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Net Loss for Man of the Match

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 4, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...FURTHER to earlier answers, Thomas F. Dinesen who was awarded the Victoria Cross on...Out Of Africa author Karin Blixen/Isak Dinesen. By coincidence, one of the other two...by our daughter, a relation of Thomas Dinesen. A. Dinesen, Longparish, Hampshire...
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THE ART OF LOOKING BEAUTIFUL; When an Artist and His Creative Wife Discovered a Fifties Ugly Duckling among the Pretty Villas of Kensington They Knew It Could Be Beautiful, Too, Says Ruth Bloomfield

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 14, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...original stairs were replaced with a dramatic "floating" wooden affair made of extra-wide floorboards installed by Dinesen (dinesen.com), the same firm that laid the flooring for the Saatchi Gallery. In fact, the art gallery theme is strong...
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OUR BARGAIN BASEMENT IS NOW A COOL DES RES; Forget Those Damp, Dreary Basements, Ruth Bloomfield Discovers That Life below Street Level Can Provide the Height of Chic, Urban Style

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 26, 2011

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...sourced from Innerform Contemporary Interiors (innerform.com). The stairs and bedrooms have timber floors by Dinesen Wood Floors (dinesen .com). For wildflower and sedum roofs contact Lindum Green Roofs (lindumgreenroofs.co.uk). Left...
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Nothing like a Dane

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 12, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...open-plan living just got wider, with long, wide planks by Dinesen flooring adding to the sense of space in the living areaColour...anoffice and a bedroom on the second. The plank floors by Dinesen flooring are the widest and longest possible. Thefurniture...
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NO CLUTTER, NO STRESS ALL WHITE FOR KIDS; with the Right Vision You Can Have It All: A Young Family and a Designer House for Them That Is a Pure-White, Clutter-Free Oasis of Calm. Ruth Bloomfield Is Amazed

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 28, 2010

Subjects:

Architectural firms, Architectural practice, Architectural services, Childhood stress (Psychology), Stress in children

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...from Bulthaup, costing pounds sterling60,000 (bulthaup.co.uk) Super-wide floorboards, by Dinesen, used widely throughout (dinesen.com) Chalk-based white paint, used in almost every room, is from Biofa (biofa.co.uk) Stained...

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Dinesen, Isak

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

DINESEN, ISAK e sak de n s n, pseud. of Baroness...1937), which became a successful film. Dinesen is best known for her tales, many of which...1958). Writing despite severe illness, Dinesen finished the African sketches Shadows on...
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Blixen, Karen

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

BLIXEN, KAREN see Dinesen, Isak . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Danish Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...proletarian realism, and J. V. Jensen employed elements of realism and fantasy alike. Fantasy was dominant in the tales of Isak Dinesen , while the theater was enlivened by the dramas of Kaj Munk and the brilliant stage technique of Kjeld Abell . The period following...

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