@article{Ramberg_2020, title={«En hel vitenskap på trass»: Om På gjengrodde stiers resepsjonshistorie}, url={https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/nordlit/article/view/5636}, DOI={10.7557/13.5636}, abstractNote={<p class="Sammendrag"><span lang="EN-US">The article discusses </span><span lang="EN-US">Paa gjengrodde stier</span><span lang="EN-US">’s reception history with an emphasis on how Knut Hamsun’s alleged “permanently impaired mental faculties” have affected analyses of the work. I argue that upon publication, the claim is established that </span><span lang="EN-US">Paa gjengrodde stier</span><span lang="EN-US"> “proves” that the conclusion regarding Hamsun as a person with permanently impaired mental faculties is incorrect. In the review of the book’s reception, I show how this notion apparently is so well incorporated that a number of readings keep it alive without questioning it, or without explaining how a literary work can contradict a forensic conclusion. This is shown for example through how the work is presented to us as readers today, which is discussed through Genette’s notion of the paratext. Finally, I argue that readings of </span><span lang="EN-US">Paa gjengrodde stier</span><span lang="EN-US"> which transcend academic disciplines should be welcomed, but that such an approach requires a better methodological awareness than what has previously been the case.</span></p>}, number={47}, journal={Nordlit}, author={Ramberg, Ingri Løkholm}, year={2020}, month={Dec.}, pages={77–92} }