In his preface to A History of Danish Literature (volume 1 of A History of Scandinavian Literature) the general editor Sven H. Rossel states that the purpose of the five-volume project is "to satisfy a deep need in Anglo-American scholarship." Students of Scandinavian...

Forget Shakespeare's Hamlet. It's good bacon that's got Danish written all over it. The famous wavy DANISH logo is perhaps the only quality assurance marque ever to have made the transition to brand status. Denmark has a well deserved reputation for the production...

In the following essay, Rossell argues that the poetry of Ole Hyltoft is marked with sharp political satire examining the ideologies of Capitalism and Marxism, and that many of the views expressed in his writing evolved during his years as a critic and journalist.