Modern Woman Charles Ducal In this bilingual edition

In this bilingual edition

maar dat de lezer achterlaat met een wereld waarin de lach en het absurde het opnemen tegen het geweld

and creation

translated by Jen Hofer

conditions of production and reception

Modern Woman Charles Ducal In this bilingual editionEdith Sdergran Sdergrans daring, avant garde work outraged many of her Finland Swedish contemporaries who clung to traditional literary sensibilities. Through dynamic symbolism and fluid logic, the poems comprising her first collection fundamentally questioned early twentieth century notions of what poetry is and what it can do. Something like this has never been heard before, noted critic and fellow Finland Swedish poet Hagar Olsson about her work.