Locomotion in Literature

Introduction i. The poetry of railways ii. A survey of sources iii. Denmark - and Denmark abroad 1. Methods and Theories i. The Concepts of Locus, Motive, Chronotope ii. The Locomotive as a Sign of the Times iii. Plots and Pace iv. Railway-Acquaintances and Characterization 2. The Golden Age Turns into Iron i. Face to Face with God - Hans Christian Andersen ii. Railways and Levelling - Soren Kierkegaard iii. The Opening of the Railway from Copenhagen to Roskilde 3. The Modern Breakthrough i. The Locomotive of the Modern Breakthrough - Georg Brandes ii. The Railway Issue - Vilhelm Topsoe iii. Now Tommy! - Holger Drachmann iv. As Trains Pass By - Herman Bang v. Transforming Denmark - Henrik Pontoppidan 4. Railway Architecture i. The Central Station of Copenhagen ii. The Railway Town 5. Futures and Futurists i. The Poetry of Traffic - Johannes Buchholz ii. The Shock of the New - Johannes V. Jensen iii. Danes and Trains in Siberia - Aage Madelung iv. Beautiful as a Bombarded Railway Station - Tom Kristensen 6. The Little Man and the Big Railway i. The Costs of Advancing Civilization - Jacob Paludan ii. Lightning Trains - Knud Sonderby iii. A Little Man Sits in an S-Train - Mogens Klitgaard 7. Trains of Life and Death i. Against Conformism - Klaus Rifbjerg ii. Rails and Snails - Peter Seeberg iii. The Train of Death - Poul Vad iv. S-Train Philosophers - Sven Holm and Arne Herlov Petersen v. Railway and Revolution - Inge Eriksen 8. Rock 'n' Rail i. From Station to Station ii. Melancholy Meditations - Soren Ulrik Thomsen 9. The World on Tracks i. The Fall of the Wall - Jens Christian Grondahl ii. Seeing the World Begin - Carsten Jensen iii. Decolonizing as Derailing - Peter Hoeg 10. Commuters i. Rail Denmark - Peder Frederik Jensen ii. He Knows the Others by Their Appearance - Simon Fruelund iii. I Quite Like Trains - Helle Helle iv. New Passengers - Tine Hoeg 11.Destinations and Un-Destinations