Amalie Skram (1846–1905)
Autore di Constance Ring
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Amalie Skram was a scandalous figure at the time of the Modern Breakthrough: not only a divorced woman, but a writer on topics not deemed suitable for a lady. Her hard-hitting naturalism and exposes of social injustice and sexist sexual mores shocked many people. In Constance Ring (1885), for mostra altro example, Skram explores the trauma caused by the societal expectation that women, raised in ignorance and married to men they do not love, should nevertheless become warm sexual partners. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Nota di disambiguazione:
(nor) Giftet seg for 2. gang med Skram og bosatte seg i Danmark, fikk 1 datter. Hun hadde 3 sønner fra 1. ekteskap med Kaptein Muller. Død ved egen hånd.
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Opere di Amalie Skram
Lucie, Agnete 4 copie
"Og nu vil jeg tale ut"; "Men nu vil jeg ogsa tale ud" (Brevvekslingen Mellom; --Norvege--) (1982) 3 copie
Udvalgte Fortællinger 2 copie
Samlede Værker Del 1-9 2 copie
Samlede verker b.2 1 copia
Zwei Freunde 1 copia
Samlede verker 1 Constance Ring 1 copia
Samlede verker 2 I[n] Asiam profectum est ; Børnefortellinger ; Forraadt ; Sommer ; Julehelg 1 copia
Samlede verker B 5 : Forrådt 1 copia
Samlede verker 1-6 1 copia
Samlede verker b.3 1 copia
Opere correlate
Caught in the Enchanter's Net: Amalie and Erik Skram's Letters (Series A: Scandinavian Literary History and… (2004) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Skram, Amalie
- Nome legale
- Skram, Amalie
- Altri nomi
- Alver, Amalie
- Data di nascita
- 1846-08-22
- Data di morte
- 1905-03-15
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- Norway
- Luogo di nascita
- Bergen, Norway
- Luogo di morte
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Luogo di residenza
- Bergen, Norway
Copenhagen, Denmark
Oslo, Norway - Attività lavorative
- novelist
feminist - Relazioni
- Skram, Erik (husband)
- Breve biografia
- Amalie Skram was born Berthe Amalie Alver in Bergen, Norway. She had a difficult childhood, and her parents' small business went bankrupt when she was 16. Her father then left Norway for the USA to avoid imprisonment, leaving her mother with five children to support. Amalie was pressured into a marriage with Bernt Ulrik August Müller, a ship's captain about 10 years older. The union produced two sons but was unhappy; after a brief hospitalization in a psychiatric hospital, Amalie separated from her husband and then divorced. She moved with her children to the capital of Kristiania (now Oslo), where she began her writing career. She made her literary debut with the short story "Madam Høiers leiefolk" (Madam Høier's Lodgers) published in a magazine in 1882. In 1884, she remarried to Danish writer Erik Skram, and moved to Copenhagen. She had a daughter from this marriage. Her first novel, Constance Ring, appeared in 1885. She suffered another mental breakdown in 1894, and spent years living in a psychiatric hospital near Roskilde. Her second married ended in 1900, and she died five years later. Her novels were considered radical and provocative for their explorations of unhappy marriages, female sexuality, and the second-class status of women, and were received with some open hostility that may have contributed to her mental breakdown. She described her struggles as a wife, mother, and artist in her two autobiographical novels, Professor Hieronimus (1895) and På St. Jørgen (At St. Jorgen’s, also 1895), giving a thinly-veiled description of her own psychiatric treatment. The two books were adapted for Danish television in 1987. Her works, which had fallen into obscurity with her death, were rediscovered and received critical recognition in the 1960s. Today she's recognized as pioneering feminist author and one of the foremost Naturalist writers of her time. The Skram-prisen or Amalie Skram Prize, named in her honor in 1994, is awarded annually to Norwegian authors who show exceptional skill in addressing women's issues.
- Nota di disambiguazione
- Giftet seg for 2. gang med Skram og bosatte seg i Danmark, fikk 1 datter. Hun hadde 3 sønner fra 1. ekteskap med Kaptein Muller. Død ved egen hånd.
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- Utenti
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- Popolarità
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- Voto
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- Recensioni
- 18
- ISBN
- 147
- Lingue
- 10
- Preferito da
- 4
[Constance Ring] is a 1885 Norwegian novel that explores the limited, powerless life of a young married woman. Constance's first marriage happens when she is still a very young woman to a husband 20 years older than her. At first things are ok, but she is increasingly disgusted by him and refuses any intimacy with him. She is young and beautiful and her husband tries everything to make her open to him, but in the end he turns to their also young and beautiful maid. When Constance finds out she considers divorce, to the horror of her family. They understand her situation and expect her to accept it.
Constance's second marriage starts slow, but she grows to love her husband. Discovering his past lovers, though, ruins her trust and love. Her last lover also betrays her, which is the final betrayal she can handle.
I thought this was a really good novel that explores the double standard imposed on women. Constance simply can't accept that men are allowed to indulge their sexual desires with any woman at any time and people simply accept it or pretend not to see it. She feels badly for the women of a lower social stratus who are even more powerless than she is. She feels betrayed that men she is married to and/or loves would indulge in these sexual relationships without love, whether it occurs before her relationship with them or during. And she seems to only partially ever awaken to the joy of physical intimacy with any of her lovers because of these thoughts and feelings.
I found this book in the [500 Great Books by Women] that I've been exploring this year. I've read a bit of Norwegian literature (well, of what is available in English translation) and I hadn't heard of this author. I'm glad I read it and recommend it to readers who enjoy this era and topic.
Original publication date: 1885
Author’s nationality: Norwegian
Original language: Norwegian translated to English by Judith Messick
Length: 289 pages
Rating: 4 stars
Format/where I acquired the book: purchased used copy
Why I read this: 500 great books by women… (altro)