Egil Törnqvist

Per Egil Törnqvist (19 December 1932, Uppsala – 9 March 2015, Amsterdam)[1] was Professor Emeritus of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Amsterdam and an academic literary critic.[citation needed]

Earlier (1961) he was in charge of the drama division in the comparative literature program at Uppsala University.[2] From 1969 to 1997 he was professor of Scandinavian languages and literature at the University of Amsterdam.[citation needed] His daughter is artist Marit Törnqvist.

Books

  • (1968) "Drama of Souls: Studies in O'Neill's Super-naturalistic Technique."
  • (1970) "Drama of Souls", ISBN 0-300-01152-0, Yale University Press
  • (1982) "Strindbergian Drama"
  • (1991) "Transposing Drama Studies In Representat", ISBN 0-333-44063-3
  • (1993) "Filmdiktaren Ingmar Bergman" ISBN 91-7843-050-X (in Swedish)
  • (1995) "Ibsen: A Doll's House (Plays in Production)", ISBN 0-521-47866-9, Cambridge University Press
  • (1999) "Ibsen, Strindberg and the Intimate Theater: Studies in TV Presentation"
  • (2003) "Bergman's Muses: Aesthetic Versatility in Film, Theatre, Television and Radio" ISBN 0-7864-1603-3
  • (2004) "Strindberg's Ghost Sonata"
  • (2004) "Eugene O'Neill: A Playwright's Theatre"
  • (2008) "I Bergmans regi", Amsterdam Contributions to Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 5
  • (2008) (with Birgitta Steene) "Strindberg on Drama and Theatre"
  • (2008) "Between Stage and Screen: Ingmar Bergman Directs", ISBN 90-5356-137-4, Amsterdam University Press
  • (2018) (with Erik Mattsson), ”Strindberg’s Gustav Vasa and the Performance of Swedish Identity – from Celebration to Introspective Critique”, in Reconsidering National Plays in Europe. Springer International Publishing AG, 2018, ISBN 9783319753331

References

  1. ^ Prof. dr. P.E. Törnqvist, 1932 - at the Album Academicum of the University of Amsterdam.
  2. ^ "Drama Survey", by Bolingbroke Society, [1]
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