Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson, Kaptejn Mansana: En Fortelling fra Italien [Captain Mansana: An Italian Tale]

Kathy Rees (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.3.5: Norwegian Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Sven Hakon Rossel (Universitat Wien), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen (University College London), Anja Tröger (University of Edinburgh)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1875

Places

Norway (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Novella

Resources

The frame-story is the narrator’s attendance at the reburial of the patriot Mansana: his remains are processions and banners being transferred from the Cemetery of the Malefactors in Rome to the “flag-bedecked churchyard” of his birthplace (16). Having lodged with the wives of Mansana’s two sons thirteen years earlier, the narrator has retained an interest in the family, particularly the eldest son, Giuseppe.

Whilst serving under Garibaldi in the Italian Wars of Independence, Giuseppe Mansana had distinguished himself by courageous feats, thus “engaging the attention of thousands of persons” (28). Whilst in Ancona, he encountered the proud Princess Theresa Leaney, “a reckless charioteer&r…

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Citation: Rees, Kathy. "Kaptejn Mansana: En Fortelling fra Italien". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 26 April 2017 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35909, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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