SOURCE: Swanson, Roy Arthur. Introduction to Pär Lagerkvist: Five Early Works, translated by Roy Arthur Swanson, pp. 1-61. Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 1989.
In the following essay, Swanson traces Lagerkvist's literary development and delineates the defining characteristics of his work.
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