Danish-American Literature in Transition

Authors

Dorothy Burton Skardal

Keywords

literature, heritage, culture, immigrants

Abstract

Danish-American literature was written by Danish immigrants in the United States mainly about and for members of their own group. Their lives were lived in constant psychological and cultural flux undergoing the pressures of assimilation; therefore their literature both grew out of and recorded multifaceted processes of transition. Today the literature Danish immigrants wrote is itself in transition: long unread or forgotten, it is now being rediscovered by Americans of Danish heritage. This brief introduction to the main Danish-American writers is meant to stimulate still more to reclaim their heritage preserved in Danish-language fiction and poetry.

Recommended Citation

Skardal, Dorothy Burton (1986) "Danish-American Literature in Transition," The Bridge: Vol. 9: No. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge/vol9/iss1/8