Children of the age
(Book)
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Published
New York A.A. Knopf, 1924.
Physical Desc
287, [1] pages 20 cm
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Concord - For use in your local library | BSMT FICTION Hamsun | Library Use Only |
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Published
New York A.A. Knopf, 1924.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Translation of Børn av tiden.
Description
Hamsun described Children of the Age as "a novel about the war between the aristocrat and the peasant." The Encyclopedia of the Novel (2014) called it "a historically based - and utterly scathing - critique of modernity." And the Hamsun Centre (Hamsunsenteret) website wrote: "In Children of the Age a family's rise and fall are used to describe the decline and fall of a whole epoch. Thematically the novel has similarities to Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks (1901), with Hamsun's humour being the stylistic difference between the two." Briefly, the novel is the story of Lieutenant Willatz Holmsen, patriarch of Segelfoss, a small semi-feudal estate in the north of Norway. When a rich self-made industrialist returns from years abroad, Holmsen finds his authority challenged and his finances jeopardized. At the same time, the novel chronicles the breakdown of his family life with his wife Adelheid and son Willatz IV. The novel and its sequel, Segelfoss Town (1915), are described in Knut Hamsun: The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance (2009) as "much more than dry social analysis; indeed, they investigate, in rich novelistic form, the propagation and survival of a family."
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hamsun, K., & Scott, J. S. (. (1924). Children of the age . A.A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hamsun, Knut, 1859-1952 and J. S. (Translator), Scott. 1924. Children of the Age. A.A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hamsun, Knut, 1859-1952 and J. S. (Translator), Scott. Children of the Age A.A. Knopf, 1924.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hamsun, Knut, and J. S. (Translator) Scott. Children of the Age A.A. Knopf, 1924.
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