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In:Nordic Literature: A comparative history: Volume II: Figural nodes
Edited by Steven P. Sondrup, Mark B. Sandberg, Nathaniel Kramer, Christopher Oscarson, Linda Haverty Rugg and Karin Sanders
[Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages 38] 2026
► pp. 537–550

Exile in Faroese literature

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Article outline
  • The first modern poet’s exile
  • Linguistic diaspora
  • New perceptions of exile
  • Exile in novels and prose
  • Students as exiles in Copenhagen
  • Exile and marginality
  • Exile and homosexuality
  • A turn of the screw of longing
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Works cited
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