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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. 637–655

Solitude and loneliness

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Article outline
  • Ibsen’s Brand (Brand) and Vildanden (The Wild Duck)
  • Tarjei Vesaas: Båten om Kvelden (The Boat in the Evening)
  • Jon Fosse: Dødsvariasjonar (Death Variations)
  • Conclusion
  • Works cited
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