”Scandinavian writers, therefore, have taken two directions. One set are the fighters, the irreconcilables, and irony and satire are the chief means they emply in writing their winged words. Ibsen is the great representative of this class, and others are Björnson, Strindberg, Skram, Christian Elster, Kjelland, the Lefflers, and Garborg…”
Anonymous, ‘The Literary Week’, The Academy, London:1899
