Out of Africa

Isak Dinesen

Get this SparkNote to go!

Suggestions for Further Reading

Aiken, Susan Hardy. Isak Dinesen and the Engendering of Narrative. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990.

Hannah, Donald. Isak Dinesen and Karen Blixen: the Mask and the Reality. New York: Putnam, 1971.

Horton, Susan R. Difficult Women, Artful Lives: Olive Schreiner and Isak Dinesen, In and Out of Africa. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1995.

JanMohamed, Abdul R. "Isak Dinesen: The Generation of Mythic Consciousness," in Manichean Aesthetics: The Politics of Literature of Colonial African. Amherst: University of Massachuettes Press, 1983.

Johannesson, Eric O. The World of Isak Dinesen. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1961.

Langbaum, Robert. The Gayety of Visions: A Study of Isak Dinesen's Art. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1964.

Magowan, Robin. Narcissus and Orpheus: Pastoral in Sand, Formentin, Jewett, Alain-Fournier, and Dinesen. London: Oxford University Press, 1974.

Pelensky, Olga, editor. Isak Dinesen: Critical Views. Athens: Ohio University Press, 1993.

Thurman, Judith. Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982.

Trzebinski, Errol. Silence Will Speak: A Study of the Life of Denys Finch Hatton and His Relationship with Karen Blixen. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977.

More Help

Buy the ebook of this SparkNote on BN.com

Easy to view on your iPod, phone, or ereader.

EVEN MORE HELP! ↓

Take a Study Break

Green YOUR SCHOOL!

Click here to get involved with dosomething.org!

John Krasinski's BIG MIRACLE

Click to watch the trailer and read exclusive star interviews!

Do you like Anna?

Read Dear Albert... from ANNA's perspective!

BATTLESHIP, the movie

Here's why we're super jazzed about it.


The Book

Cover image

Order Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass at BN.com

All the words, printed on paper. Classic!

Cover image

Read What You Love, Anywhere You Like

Get Our FREE NOOK Reading Apps