Heretica Explained
| Category: | Literary and cultural magazine |
| Founded: | 1948 |
| Finaldate: | 1953 |
| Country: | Denmark |
| Based: | Copenhagen |
| Language: | Danish |
| Oclc: | 265696256 |
Heretica was a conservative cultural and literary magazine published in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 1948 to 1953.[1]
History and profile
Heretica was established in 1948. One of the founders was Thorkild Bjørnvig.[2] It was largely inspired by the British periodical The Criterion by T. S. Eliot.[3] The magazine adopted an anti-ideological humanism approach. The magazine ended publication in 1953[3] and was succeeded by another magazine, Vindrosen.[4]
Contributors and content
Heretica was produced by the poets who looked for new reality challenging the conventional ideas of Christianity, humanism and communism.[4] The magazine also covered the poems and writings of promising authors.[5] One of these new writers were Poul Vad who started his literary career in the magazine in 1956.[6] The contributors of the magazine were called the Heretica School members, who had conservative existentialist views.[1] They included Jørgen Gustava Brandt, Benny Andersen, Per Højholt,[3] Paul la Cour and Erik Knudsen.[5]
The magazine was edited by the following Danish writers and poets: Thorkild Bjørnvig (volumes 1-2),[7] Martin A. Hansen and Ole Wivel (volumes 3-4), and Frank Jæger and Tage Skou-Hansen (volumes 5-6).[4]
Notes and References
- Book: Michael Skovmand. Kim Christian Schrøder. Media Cultures: Reappraising Transnational Media. https://books.google.com/books?id=jPYwDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT180. 2016. Routledge. 978-1-315-51191-7. 180. Søren Schou. Postwar Americanisation and the revitalisation of European culture. London.
- Web site: American-Scandinavian Foundation Translation Competition for 2015 Opens. The Danish Pioneer. 8 October 2016. 22 January 2015.
- Encyclopedia: da. Gyldendal. 2008. Heretica 1948-1953. Den Store Danske Encyklopædi. 4. Dansk Litteraturs Historie (1920-1960). Klaus P. Mortensen. May Schack.
- Book: David William Foster. James Raymond Kelly. Bibliography in Literature, Folklore, Language, and Linguistics: Essays on the Status of the Field. McFarland. https://books.google.com/books?id=dmJ-hzR63B0C&pg=PA24. 2003. 978-0-7864-1447-5. 24. Jefferson, NC; London. Robert Singerman. Creating the optimum bibliography: From reference chaining to bibliographic control.
- Book: Sven Hakon Rossel. A History of Danish Literature. 1992. University of Nebraska Press. 0-8032-3886-X. 425. Lincoln, NE; London.
- Book: Astradur Eysteinsson. Vivian Liska. Modernism. 2007. John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://books.google.com/books?id=9Rw6AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA860. 978-90-272-9204-9. 860. Steen Klitgård Povlsen. Danish Modernism. Amsterdam; Philadelphia, PA.
- P. M. Mitchell. Contemporary Danish Criticism: Media, Methods and Men. Scandinavian Studies. August 1962. 34. 3. 164. 40916395.
