Mod strømmen

by Camilla Collett

I "Mod strømmen" fra 1885 tager Camilla Collett læseren med fra Monte Pincio i Rom til Eidsvoll i Norge, og fra Paris til Rosenborg Have i København, i en række tekststykker af vidt forskellig karakter.

Teksterne handler om alt fra ny litteratur til samfundsforhold og forfatterens egne barndomserindringer, og som en rød tråd gennem dem allle løber Camilla Colletts kamp for kvinders ligeberettigelse.

288 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 19, 2023

About the author

Jacobine Camilla Collett (née Wergeland) (23 January 1813 – 6 March 1895) was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being one of the first contributors to realism in Norwegian literature.

Her most famous work is her only novel, Amtmandens Døtre (The District Governor's Daughters) which was published anonymously in two separate parts in 1854 and 1855. The book is considered one of the first political and social realism novels in Norway and deals with the difficulties of being a woman in a patriarchical society in general and forced marriages specifically. It is believed that her personal experiences in life, specifically her relationship with Welhaven, influenced the book. After this book, she wrote very little fiction, but did continue to write essays, polemics, and her memoirs.

Her literary models included female writers such as Rahel Varnhagen and George Sand, as well as Edward Bulwer Lytton and Theodor Mundt. Her style represented a departure from her contemporaries, in that she preferred a more casual, natural tone.

(from Wikipedia)