Picturing Karen Blixen--Artist, Charlatan, Heretic, and Iconoclast: European Storyteller in the American Marketplace

Authors

Marianne Stecher-Hansen

Keywords

artists, public image, media

Abstract

In one of her stories, published in 1942 at a midpoint in her literary career, Karen Blixen addresses the difficult relationship of the artist to the public:

All human relationships have in them something monstrous and cruel. But the relation of the artist to the public is amongst the most monstrous. Yes, it is as terrible as marriage. (Winter's Tales 291)

Recommended Citation

Stecher-Hansen, Marianne (2006) "Picturing Karen Blixen--Artist, Charlatan, Heretic, and Iconoclast: European Storyteller in the American Marketplace," The Bridge: Vol. 29: No. 2, Article 9.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge/vol29/iss2/9