Excerpt from In English and American Literature a Bibliography Edited for the Danish American Association
A survey of these titles will show that a large number of general and special subjects within the range of Danish history, culture, social conditions, literature, etc., has been fully and exhaustively treated in English, while many topics, equally important, yet arc waiting for an adequate elucidation. These titles demonstrate that some of the greatest treasures of our literature have been translated into English, - and that, on the other hand, some of the typical and most renowned books in Danish still await translation, or even a critical comment. Saxo is found in translation, with a good critical apparatus in English. Of the works of Holberg, Ewald, Ingemann, Martensen, etc., etc., certain works are available in translation. Two of our most remarkable and typical authors, however, viz., Grundtvig and Kierkegaard, are comparatively unknown in English literature. Blicher never found a translator.
The list shows that the English language group reflects fairly well our history and our public affairs up to and including the period of 1864, and that the recent developments in Denmark have been treated quite sporadically and largely in journalistic form. Danish economics, agriculture, school methods, commerce, etc., have received some attention in late years, commensurate with the increasing communication between Denmark and its Western connections.
The literary material surrounding Hans Christian Andersen and Bertel Thorvaldsen, the two most international of Danish names in the past, is very extensive. Arts, crafts, architecture, and industrial products seem less known, through literature, than esthetics and tourist topics. Ever since the war of 1657 - 1658, Danish politics have precipitated literary documents in English: the great events of 1801, 1807, the Struensee period, the periods of 1848 and 1864; all have left their evidence in English literature.
This bibliography will indicate that most of the literature involved in our inquiry has been produced from a personal initiative. Without doubt, the activity in translating Danish literature into English, will attain to a state of organized effort.
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