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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-
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
Dec 9, 2022 · The aim of this article is to explore the queer possibilities of the silence in the depiction of the protagonist’s love life in Agnes von Krusenstjerna’s Tony trilogy (1922–1926).
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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Djela: trilogija o Tony Hastfehr (Tony raste – Tony växer upp, 1922; Tonine godine učenja – Tonys läroår, 1924; Tonina posljednja godina učenja – Tonys sista läroår, 1926), Gospođice von Pahlen (Fröknarna von Pahlen, I–VII, 1930–35), Siromašno plemstvo (Fattigadel, I–IV, 1935–38) i dr.
