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Aristocratic Universe of Karen Blixen - Destiny and the Denial of Fate (Paperback)
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Aristocratic Universe of Karen Blixen - Destiny and the Denial of Fate (Paperback)
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Explores the confrontation between cultures and environments which
are seen to limit and censure natural behaviour whilst at the same
time imposing upon humankind unnecessary notions of sin and guilt.
Analysis of her stories (especially 'Babette s Feast') and of her
world view show how Karen Blixen maps out hostility to destiny --
this being a violation of Creation, which is viewed as both divine
and demonic. Karen Blixen's works are explored in the light of a
passionate insistence on living out a double nature of the divine
and the demonic. The 'aristocratic' is examined as her depiction of
a conduct of life that is faithful to destiny: the aristocratic
viewpoint is in tune with eternity, and places no obstructive
morality between self and life. Vitality has its source in direct
access to the ocean of inexhaustible opportunities with which life
presents us. The 'world' of Africa, for example, plays a key role
as the consummate illustration of an aristocratic culture. The
aesthetic guidelines for literary form (as well as art) as
advocated by KB are discussed, and her view of art is similarly
defined and explained as 'aristocratic'. Her private correspondence
(including the recentl
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