Pan From Lieutenant Thomas Glahn's Papers

by Hamsun, Knut; Lyngstad, Sverre; Lyngstad, Sverre

• ISBN13: 9780141180670
• ISBN10: 0141180676
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-09-01
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

First published in 1894, Knut Hamsun's PAN recounts Thomas Glahn's retrospective narrative of his life and adventures in the Norwegian woods. PAN provides a lyrical, yet disturbing, analysis of love and the recesses of the psyche. This superb new translation restores the power and virtuosity of Hamsun's original and includes an informative Introduction.

Author Biography

Nobel Prize winner Knut Hamsun (1858–1952) worked as a laborer in both Scandinavia and America before establishing himself as a successful playwright and novelist.

Sverre Lyngstad, the preeminent scholar of Norwegian literature, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Sverre Lyngstad, the preeminent scholar of Norwegian literature, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii	(18)
Suggestions for Further Reading	xxv	(2)
Translator's Note	xxvii
PAN	1	(126)
Explanatory Notes	127	(2)
Textual Notes	129