Petra Broomans
Specializing in
- 19th and 20th-century scandinavian literature
- women’s literary history
- the image of Scandinavia and scandinavian literature in Europe
- cultural transfer.
Personal website
Some recent publications relevant for NEWW
- "In the name of God and the Father: Scandinavian women’s literary history from a meta-literary historical point of view", in: S. van Dijk, L. van Gemert and S. Ottway (ed.), Writing the history of women’s writing. Toward an international approach. Amsterdam, K.N.A.W., 2001, p. 125-134.
- "'The splendid literature of the North', Women translators and intermediaries of Scandinavianwomen writers around 1900", in S. van Dijk, Petra Broomans, Janet F. van der Meulen and Pim van Oostrum (eds.), "I have heard about you". Foreign women’s writing crossing the Dutch border: from Sappho to Selma Lagerlöf. Hilversum, Verloren, 2004, p. 307-323.
- (with Ester Jiresch): "Philippine Wijsman: een selfmade vertaalster", in Filter. Tijdschrift over vertalen 13 (2006), p. 31-42.
- "The Self-Fashioning of Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht", in I. M. Olsen, S. H. Rossel in collaboration with M. Wenusch (eds.), Female Voices of the North II. An Anthology. Vienna, Praesens Verlag, 2006, p. 27-51.
- "Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflychts 'Tåget över Bält' eller 'Öfver en krigisk Sapfo'", in C. Zilliacus et al. (eds), Gränser i nordisk litteratur/Borders in Nordic Literature, Vol. I, IASS XXVI 2006, Åbo Akademis förlag, Åbo, 2008, p. 308-314.
- "The Inexpressible of the Nature of Woman. Women Cultural Transmitters and Ibsen's Writing About How Women Love", in F. Helland et al. (ed.), The Living Ibsen. Oslo, Centre for Ibsen Studies, 2007, p. 399-405.
Realized or planned activities/publications in NEWW-context
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SvD, October 2008
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