{"product_id":"mirdja-a-decadent-new-woman-hardcover","title":"Mirdja: A Decadent New Woman - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eL. Onerva\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEva Buchwald\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eViola Parente-Čapková\u003c\/b\u003e (Annotations by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents the first English translation of \u003cem\u003eMirdja\u003c\/em\u003e (1908), a remarkable work of Decadent literature by Finnish author L. Onerva (the pen name of Hilja Onerva Lehtinen, 1882-1972). Onerva was one of the most versatile literary figures of her generation, and her novel \u003cem\u003eMirdja\u003c\/em\u003e is among the most important works of Nordic \u003cem\u003efin-de-siècle\u003c\/em\u003e literature. It recounts the life of its free-spirited protagonist from adolescence to old age as she navigates the gendered world around her, testing the boundaries of her sexuality and railing against conventionality. Onerva's candid, subversive depiction of society's norms and traditions creates a vivid backdrop to her heroine's defiant quest for self-determination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMirdja\u003c\/em\u003e sharply divided the opinions of the contemporary reading public, winning the National Prize for Literature while being widely condemned for immorality. An example of early Modernist writing, described as having Decadent and Nietzschean tendencies, the novel has since been re-evaluated in light of feminist criticism and new trends in scholarship on \u003cem\u003efin-de-siècle\u003c\/em\u003e culture and New Woman fiction. Just as her protagonist rebels against the constraints of bourgeois norms, so Onerva challenged the conventions of prose to create an experimental, vividly individualistic form of expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fully annotated translation brings this important work to an English readership for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52581001724211,"sku":"9781839541261","price":103.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/1CJ9v8y8dd9781839541261.webp?v=1761540784","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/mirdja-a-decadent-new-woman-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}