Elmer Gantry (1927)--considered as being the "noisiest novel in American literature" (Schorer 1962: 57), and as being a complete "sociological survey" and report regarding the statute of religious manifestations in the United States (Whipple 1962: 73, 74), similar to a surgical operation on one of the most delicate parts of the social body (Karlfeldt 1930)--is the next important book published by Lewis in the series mentioned above.
Erik Axel Karlfeldt, poet and secretary of the Swedish Academy, introduced Lewis by amply reviewing his five major novels.
Karlfeldt EA (1930) Award Ceremony Speech, 10 December 1930.
Some of Sweden's most famous poets, including Esaias Tegner (1782-1846), Erik Johan Stagnelius (1793-1823), Verner von Heidenstam (1859-1940), Gustaf Froding (1860-1911) and Erik Axel
Karlfeldt (1864-1931) emerged during this period.
In "Intet ar som vantanstider" (Nothing is like the time of waiting), another poem from Swedish poet
Karlfeldt's Fridolins visor (Fridolin's ballads), Peterson-Berger effectively uses the rushing, restless motion of the piano with a cascading and tumultuous vocal line in this simple and lovely strophic song.
Karlfeldt's strong ties to the peasant culture of his rural homeland remained a dominant influence all his life.
Reymont (Pol); 1925, George Bernard Shaw (Eng); 1926, Grazia Deledda (Ital); 1927, Henri Bergson (Fr); 1928, Sigrid Undset (Norw); 1929, Thomas Mann (Ger); 1930, Sinclair Lewis (U.S.); 1931, Erik Axel
Karlfeldt (Sw); 1932, John Galsworthy (Eng); 1933, Ivan Gasse Bunin (Russ); 1934, Luigi Pirandello (Ital); 1935, none, 1936, Eugene O ' Neill (U.S.); 1937, Roger Martin du Gard (Fr); 1938, Pearl S.
This essay however, is an attempt so mediate some of its charms, mainly focusing on five great Swedish poets from the 19th century--Esaias Tegner, Erik Johan Stagnelius, Gustaf Froding, Verner von Heidenstam and Erik Axel Karlfeldt. This quintet represents two of the golden ages in Swedish poetry--the two first, Tegner and Stagnelius, belongs to the so called romantic era (1809 1830), from the beginning of the century, the three mentioned thereafter, Froding, Heidenstam and Karlfeldt belongs to the so called national romantic era, from the close of the century (ca.
But the next generation of Swedish poets, of whom the three masters were Verner von Heidenstam (1859 1940), Gustaf Froding (1860 1911) and Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864 1931), was to form an incredible time of poetic prosperity.
(Gustafsson Svensk dikt 484) The last poet of the three masters, Erik Axel Karlfeldt, also came from the rural parts of Sweden, from the famous province of Dalecarlia, characterized by a very strong and colourful cultural tradition of the peasants.
