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The
Army of Truth
Selected
Poems: In the historic fight to obtain equal rights for Jews
in nineteenth-century Norway
Henrik
Wergeland
Edited by Ragnhild Galtung; Translated by Anne Born, G.M. Gathorne-Hardy,
and I. Grndahl
INTRODUCTION
BY DAGNE GROVEN MYHREN
"This timeless poetry has relevance and an important
message, not least in our own time."—Michael Melchior,
former Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel, Chief Rabbi of Norway
"Wergeland's life and works were dedicated
to the concepts of love and freedom. He never tired of helping
those who were suffering and oppressed. This English translation
of Wergeland's poems on the plight of the Jews will make his
struggle known to a broader readership and give the rest of the
world access to some of the greatest poems in Norwegian and Scandinavian
literature."—Vigdis Ystad, professor of Scandinavian
literature, University of Oslo
Henrik Wergeland (1808–1845) was one of the main
figures in Scandinavian Romanticism and ranks as one of Norway's
greatest poets.
Copublished
with Thanks to Scandinavia, www.ThanksToScandinavia.org
an educational an nonprofit organization.
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May
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126 pp. 5 b/w illus. 6
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