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In Swedish author Agnes von Krusenstjerna’s Tony trilogy, the young female protagonist Tony Hastfehr remains passive and silent, which leads to anti-climaxes in the narrative.1 This may seem nega-tive or even anti-feminist at first glance, but can her silence have its own potential? The aim of this article is to explore the queer possi-
Dec 9, 2022 · The analysis focuses on three passages: a depiction of an encounter between Tony and one of her suitors, her relative Frank Maclean, in Tonys läroår (Tony’s Apprenticeship, 1924); the ending of the trilogy in Tonys sista läroår (Tony’s Last Apprenticeship, 1926); and an epilogue to the trilogy, which was never included in it but later published in the second, expanded edition of En ...
Agnes von Krusenstjerna (who died in 1940) left among a multitude of shorter writings three major works: a trilogy generally referred to as "The Tony Books": the individual titles of which are "Tony Grows Up," "Tony's Apprenticeship," and "Tony's Final Apprenticeship"; "The Misses Von Pahlen," a family chronicle in seven volumes; and "Poor
Agnes von Krusenstjerna. 1894 - 1940. Sweden. Agnes von Krusenstjerna grew up in an aristocratic officer’s family and has been labelled a decadent, trivial writer, but has also been celebrated as a genius on a par with Marcel Proust and D. H. Lawrence. Due to mental illness, which took the form of bouts of hysteria, she was forced to leave ...
Julie Fredrika. von Krusenstjerna. 1894-10-09 — 1940-03-10. Author. Agnes von Krusenstjerna was one of the most well-known Swedish authors of the interwar years. Her novels about women’s dreams for the future, their relationships, their sexuality and the limiting conditions they lived under, generated both opposition and support and ...
- October 9, 1894
- March 10, 1940
Växjö, Sweden. Died. March 10, 1940 (aged 45) Stockholm, Sweden. Notable works. Tony series. Agnes von Krusenstjerna (October 9, 1894 – March 10, 1940) was a Swedish writer and noble. She was a controversial writer whose books challenged the moral standards of the day and was the center of a great literary controversy of the freedom of speech.
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Dec 17, 2014 · De övriga delarna är Tony växer upp och Tonys läroår. Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894-1940) blev under sin tid stämplad av de konservativa som en dekadent och trivial författare. Hennes verk satte igång stora svallvågor kring de moraliska normerna, framförallt vad gällde kvinnors rättighet att uttrycka sig fritt och kampen kring en friare sexualmoral.
