Transforming author museums : from sites of pilgrimage to cultural hubs /: from sites of pilgrimage to cultural hubs. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ulrike Spring, Johan Schimanski, Thea Aarbakke.
• Editors: Spring, Ulrike; Schimanski, Johan; Aarbakke, Thea
• Contents: List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements Introduction: Transforming Author Museums; Ulrike Spring, Johan Schimanski and Thea Aarbakke Part I: Expansion Chapter 1. New Architecture in Author Museums and Centres; Elin Haugdal Chapter 2. A Displaced Apartment of a Poet in a Museum: Staging and Reception of Franz Grillparzer in the Wien Museum; Eva-Maria Orosz Chapter 3. From Cobwebs to a Web-based Reality: Drawing Young Adults into a Memorial House; Anna Benedek Chapter 4. Ghostly Voices in the Author Museum; Ulrike Spring and Johan Schimanski Chapter 5. Unpacking the Book Collection: Following a Guide, a Curator and a Librarian in an Author Museum; Thea Aarbakke Chapter 6. The Gunnar Ekelöf Room and the Poet’s Widow as Archivist and Author; Helena Bodin Chapter 7. This Is Not a Set of Guidelines, or How (Not) to Exhibit Literature; Vanessa Zeissig Part II: Politics Chapter 8. New Sites of Worship: Sovietization and Literary Museums in Western Borderlands, 1940–79; Anastasia Felcher Chapter 9. Exposing the Obscurity of the Chinese Literary Establishment: The Destabilizing Power of Author Museums; Emily Graf Chapter 10. South African Literature, Author Museums and Narrative Expansion: The Olive Schreiner House; Dana Ryan Lande Chapter 11. Troublesome Heritage in the Home of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson; Marianne Egeland Chapter 12. Housing World Literature: The Norwegian Ibsen Museums; Narve Fulsås Epilogue: Author Museums and Democratization; Ulrike Spring, Johan Schimanski and Thea Aarbakke Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 807.5; Literary museums -- History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781800732445
• Related ISBNs: 9781800732438
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