History of Swedish Literature

by Alrik Gustafson

Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in good all round condition. No dust jacket.

730 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

Alrik Gustafson was a Swedish-American literary historian and translator. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1935 and became a professor of Scandinavian languages and literature at the University of Minnesota in 1939. Gustafson’s works include studies on Swedish literature and translations, notably Six Scandinavian Novelists (1940), which covers authors like Selma Lagerlöf and Knut Hamsun, and A History of Swedish Literature (1961). He also contributed to the Encyclopedia of Scandinavian Plays of the Twentieth Century (1944) and received the Schückska Prize in 1961.