Tore Rem

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Background

  • Cand.Mag. (University of Oslo, 1992)
  • Cand.Philol. (University of Oslo, 1994)
  • D.Phil. (Oxon, 1998)
  • Junior Research Fellow in English Literature, Christ Church, University of Oxford (1996-2001)
  • Senior Lecturer in British Civilization, University of Oslo (2001-2003)
  • Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Oslo (January-September 2003)
  • Professor of English Literature, University of Oslo (2003- )
  • Director of UiO:Nordic, University of Oslo (2019-2023)
  • Director of UiO:Democracy, University of Oslo (2023- )

Areas of teaching and supervision

My main areas of supervision are as follows:

  • Victorian literature
  • The history of the Book and the history of reading
  • Reception studies
  • Biography and theories of authorship
  • Reception of Scandinavian literature in Britain
  • World literature

Research interests

  • History of the Book
  • Reception Studies
  • British and Scandinavian nineteenth-century literature
  • Charles Dickens
  • Textuality and historicity
  • World literature
  • Biography/Life writing
  • War literature

Ongoing projects

  • Words and Violence: Literary Intellectuals between Democracy and Dictatorship, 1933-1952 (Norwegian Research Council)
  • Made Abroad: Producing Norwegian Literature in a Time of Rupture, 1900-1950 (Norwegian Research Council)

Honours and awards

  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
  • Christensen Visiting Fellow at St. Catherine's College, Oxford University (spring 2013)
  • The Critics' Prize for best Norwegian non-fiction book of 2014 for Knut Hamsun. The Journey to Hitler
  • Thorleif Dahl's Prize for 2021
  • Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2022 (Ibsen in Context)
  • The Critics' Prize for best Norwegian non-fiction book of 2022 for Olav V. Ensom majestet [Lone Majesty]
Tags: English, English literature, Scandinavian literature, World literature, History of the Book, Reception Studies, Biography

Publications

 

  • Dickens, Melodrama, and the Parodic Imagination (New York: AMS Press, 2002)
  • Forfatterens strategier: Alexander Kielland og hans krets (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2002)
  • Bokhistorie (ed.) (Oslo: Gyldendal, 2003)
  • Literary Sinews: Essays in Honour of Bjørn Tysdahl (ed. with Jakob Lothe and Juan Chr. Pellicer) (Oslo: Novus, 2003)
  • Henry Gibson/Henrik Ibsen: Den provinsielle verdensdikter (ed.) (Oslo: Cappelen, 2006)
  • Jens Bjørneboe, Brev i utvalg (ed.) (Oslo: Pax, 2006)
  • Tekst og historie: Å lese tekster historisk (with Kristin Asdal et al.) (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2008)
  • Hva skal vi med humaniora? (with Helge Jordheim et al.) (Oslo: Fritt ord, 2013)
  • Knut Hamsun. Reisen til Hitler (Oslo: Cappelen Damm, 2013)
  • Ibsen, Scandinavia and the Making of a World Drama (with Narve Fulsås) (Cambridge: Cambridge U.P., 2018)
  • Editor of the new four-volume Penguin Classics edition of Henrik Ibsen (2014-2019)
  • På æren løs: Krigen, litteraturen og Æresretten, with Espen Søbye and Kjartan Fløgstad (Oslo: Press, 2020)
  • Olav V. Den fremmede (Oslo: Cappelen Damm, 2020)
  • Ibsen in Context, ed. with Narve Fulsås (Cambridge: Cambridge U.P., 2021)
  • Olav V. Krigeren (Oslo: Cappelen Damm, 2021)
  • Olav V. Ensom majestet (Oslo: Cappelen Damm, 2022)
  • Editor of new Oxford World's Classics editions of Knut Hamsun's Hunger and Pan, trans. Terence Cave (2023)
  • Rem, Tore (2023). On Behalf of the Nation: Knut Hamsun and the Politics of Authorship. In Mayer, Sandra & Scobie, Ruth (Ed.), Authorship, Activism and Celebrity: Art and Action in Global Literature. Bloomsbury Academic. ISSN 9781501392337. p. 194–206.
  • Rem, Tore & Cave, Terence (2023). Introduction. In Rem, Tore (Eds.), Hunger. Oxford University Press. ISSN 978-0-19-286284-6. p. vii–xxxi.
  • Solvang, Trond; Fløgstad, Kjartan; Rem, Tore & Søbye, Espen (2022). «En selvsagt ting»: Foreningsrett, formaljuss og historie . Tidsskrift for forretningsjus. ISSN 0805-4355. 28(2), p. 298–310. doi: 10.18261/tff.28.2.7.
  • Rem, Tore (2021). British Reception. In Fulsås, Narve & Rem, Tore (Ed.), Ibsen in Context. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 978-1-108-42220-8. p. 175–183. doi: 10.1017/9781108381130.026.
  • Rem, Tore (2021). Censorship. In Fulsås, Narve & Rem, Tore (Ed.), Ibsen in Context. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 978-1-108-42220-8. p. 157–165. doi: 10.1017/9781108381130.024.
  • Rem, Tore (2021). "Out of the Ruins: Knut Hamsun's 'idealism' and the inheritance of World War I". Journal of European Studies. ISSN 0047-2441. 51(3-4), p. 262–272. doi: 10.1177/00472441211033394. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rem, Tore (2019). Fascism and Modernist Literature in Norway by Dean Krouk. Scandinavian Studies. ISSN 0036-5637. 91(3), p. 406–409.
  • Fulsås, Narve & Rem, Tore (2019). Networks, asymmetries and appropriations: Towards a typology. Ibsen Studies. ISSN 1502-1866. 19(2), p. 65–87. doi: 10.1080/15021866.2019.1640449. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rem, Tore (2019). Time and Space in World Literature: Ibsen in and out of Sync. In Jordheim, Helge & Sandmo, Erling Sverdrup (Ed.), Conceptualizing the World. Berghahn Books. ISSN 9781789200362. p. 240–251. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvw04kj6.20.
  • Fulsås, Narve & Rem, Tore (2018). From Periphery to Center: The Origins and Worlding of Ibsen's Drama. In Jalava, Marja; Nygård, Stefan & Strang, Johan (Ed.), Decentering European Intellectual Space. Brill Academic Publishers. ISSN 978-90-04-36452-3. p. 43–64. doi: 10.1163/9789004364530.
  • Rem, Tore (2016). Ibsens provinzielle Modernität. In Bjerring-Hansen, Jens; Jelsbak, Torben & Wenusch, Monica (Ed.), Die skandinavische Moderne und Europa: Transmission - Exil - Soziologie. Praesens Verlag. ISSN 978-3-7069-0933-4. p. 75–97.
  • Rem, Tore & Fulsås, Narve (2016). How was Ibsen's modern drama possible? Journal of World Literature. ISSN 2405-6472. 1(4), p. 449–465. doi: 10.1163/24056480-00104003. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rem, Tore (2015). The Penguinisation of Ibsen. Nordlit. ISSN 0809-1668. 34, p. 497–504. doi: 10.7557/13.3393. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rem, Tore (2014). Darwin and Norwegian Literature. In Glick, Thomas & Shaffer, Elinor (Ed.), The Literary and Cultural Reception of Charles Darwin in Europe. Bloomsbury Academic. ISSN 978-1-7809-3746-5. p. 160–180.
  • Rem, Tore & Berg, Siv Frøydis (2014). Knowledge for Sale: Norwegian Encyclopaedias in the Marketplace. Culture Unbound. Journal of Current Cultural Research. ISSN 2000-1525. 6, p. 527–545. doi: 10.3384/cu.2000.1525.146527.
  • Rem, Tore (2013). Dickens in Norway. In Hollington, Michael (Eds.), The Reception of Charles Dickens in Europe. Bloomsbury Academic. ISSN 978-1-8470-6096-9. p. 409–429.
  • Rem, Tore (2012). Blood-poisoned Norway: Henrik Ibsen in Britain, 1872-1914. In Pharo, Helge Ø. & Salmon, Patrick (Ed.), Britain and Norway: special relationships. Akademika forlag. ISSN 978-82-321-0177-1. p. 51–72.
  • Rem, Tore (2012). Dickens i Norge, Ibsen i Storbritannia: Lesning over Nordsjøen. In Bratberg, Øivind & Haugevik, Kristin M. (Ed.), Det glemte partnerskapet? Norge og Storbritannia i et nytt århundre. Akademika forlag. ISSN 9788232101030. p. 125–138.
  • Rem, Tore (2012). The Never-ending Story? Two Martin Chuzzlewits. In Glavin, John (Eds.), Dickens Adapted. Ashgate. ISSN 9781409430940. p. 273–284. doi: 10.1080/02666286.1996.10434255.
  • Rem, Tore (2012). Authorship in the Norwegian Welfare State, c. 1950-1975. Forum for World Literature Studies. ISSN 1949-8519. 4(1), p. 117–124.
  • Rem, Tore (2012). Englishing Ibsen: The Socialist Perspective. In Mitchell, Domhnall; Goring, Paul & Lothe, Jakob (Ed.), Each Other's Yarns: Essays on Narrative and Critical Method for Jeremy Hawthorn. Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-7099-687-2. p. 107–122.
  • Rem, Tore (2012). Fortellingen om en vanskelig slutt. Suicidologi. ISSN 1501-6994. p. 22–27.
  • Rem, Tore (2012). Is There a Norwegian Ibsen? Ibsen at Home and Abroad. In Ruppo Malone, Irina (Eds.), Ibsen and Chekhov on the Irish Stage. Carysfort Press. ISSN 978-1-904505-57-0. p. 9–22.
  • Rem, Tore (2011). Forfatterjubileer, omdømme og litteraturens autonomi, Kunstens form og kulturens bruk. Portal forlag. ISSN 978-82-92712-51-1. p. 182–194.
  • Rem, Tore (2011). Biografiens historie. Norsk Litterær Årbok. ISSN 0078-1266. p. 106–131.
  • Fulsås, Narve; Nøding, Aina; Berg, Thoralf; D'Amico, Giuliano; Edvardsen, Erik Henning & Eegholm-Pedersen, Svend [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2010). Ord og sakkommentarer. In Fulsås, Narve & Ystad, Vigdis (Ed.), Brev 1890-1905. Henrik Ibsens skrifter 15. Aschehoug & Co. ISSN 978-82-03-18952-4. p. 57–558.
  • Waahlberg, Helle Halvorsen; Rem, Tore & Arnold, Dana (2010). Introduction. Synergies Royaume-Uni et Irlande. ISSN 1961-9464. p. 7–11.
  • Rem, Tore (2010). Urban Comparisons: Translating Paris for London in "Household Words". Synergies Royaume-Uni et Irlande. ISSN 1961-9464. p. 127–141.
  • Berg, Thoralf; Dingstad, Ståle; Edvardsen, Erik Henning; Grinde, Nils; Gundersen, Dag & Janss, Christian [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2009). Ord- og sakkommentarer. In Fulsås, Narve & Ystad, Vigdis (Ed.), Henrik Ibsens skrifter bind 14. Innledning og kommentarer. Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 978-82-03-19013-1. p. 91–706.
  • Rem, Tore (2009). Ibsen and Shakespeare: Insularity and Internationalism in Early British Ibsen Reception. In Brockington, Grace (Eds.), Internationalism and the Arts in Britain and Europe at the Fin de Siècle. Peter Lang Publishing Group. ISSN 9783039111282. p. 205–225.
  • Rem, Tore (2009). Materielle variasjoner. Overgangen fra fraktur til antikva i Norge. In Malm, Mats; Sjönell, Barbro Ståhle & Söderlund, Petra (Ed.), Bokens materialitet : Bokhistoria och bibliografi. Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet. ISSN 978-91-7230-149-8. p. 151–173.

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  • Rem, Tore (2022). Olav V. Ensom majestet 1946-1991. Cappelen Damm AS. ISBN 978-82-02-75310-8. 682 p.
  • Rem, Tore (2021). Olav V. Krigeren. Cappelen Damm AS. ISBN 9788202717650. 540 p.
  • Fulsås, Narve & Rem, Tore (2021). Ibsen in Context. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-42220-8. 302 p.
  • Rem, Tore; Danielsen, Kristin Auestad; Hjort, Vigdis; Aakre, Tiril Broch & Kielland, Alexander L. (2020). Samvittighetskvaler. Kielland på ny. Pelikanen forlag. ISBN 978-8283-83077-4. 86 p.
  • Rem, Tore (2020). Olav V. Den fremmede. Cappelen Damm AS. ISBN 978-82-02-47597-0. 618 p.
  • Rem, Tore; Søbye, Espen & Fløgstad, Kjartan (2020). På æren løs. Krigen, litteraturen og Æresretten. Forlaget Press. ISBN 978-82-328-0333-0. 392 p.
  • Fulsås, Narve & Rem, Tore (2017). Ibsen, Scandinavia and the Making of a World Drama. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-18777-1. 276 p.
  • Rem, Tore (2017). Dronning Mauds "Little England". Det kongelige hoff. ISBN 978-82-8106-024-1. 6 p.
  • Rem, Tore (2016). Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt and Brand. Penguin Classics. ISBN 978-0-141-19758-6. 364 p.
  • Rem, Tore (2016). Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House and Other Plays. Penguin Classics. ISBN 978-0-141-19456-1. 390 p.
  • Rem, Tore (2014). Knut Hamsun. Reisen til Hitler. Cappelen Damm AS. ISBN 9788202413736. 395 p.
  • Ytreberg, Espen; Jordheim, Helge; Rem, Tore; Hvattum, Mari; Brekke, Torkel & Asdal, Kristin [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2014). Hva skal vi med humaniora? Rapport om de humanistiske fagenes situasjon i Norge. Fritt Ord. ISBN 978-82-996554-3-9. 171 p.
  • Rem, Tore (2011). Sin egen herre. Cappelen Damm AS. ISBN 9788202324711. 619 p.
  • Rem, Tore (2010). Født til frihet. En biografi om Jens Bjørneboe. Cappelen Damm AS. ISBN 978-82-02-31005-9. 685 p.

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  • Rem, Tore (2023). Ibsen and Shakespeare. Shakespeare's Globe.
  • Rem, Tore & Cave, Terence (2023). Breakthrough and disgrace: Knut Hamsun's Hunger and Pan in retrospect. OUPblog.
  • Rem, Tore (2023). Gyldendal in London.
  • Fløgstad, Kjartan; Søbye, Espen & Rem, Tore (2021). Formaljus og historie: Imøtegåelse av noen av Geir Woxholths vurderinger av Forfatterforeningens æresrett. Tidsskrift for forretningsjus. ISSN 0805-4355. 28(1), p. 2–17. doi: 10.18261/issn.0809-9510-2022-01-01.
  • Fulsås, Narve & Rem, Tore (2021). Hvordan kunne en dramatiker fra periferien erobre verden? Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Fulsås, Narve & Rem, Tore (2021). Imagining Ibsen.
  • D'Amico, Giuliano; Rem, Tore & Lilleslåtten, Mari (2021). Ibsens internasjonale suksess er en historie om omskriving og piratoversettelser.
  • Rem, Tore (2021). Beyond UiO Norden – Farewell address.
  • Kristiansen, Tom & Rem, Tore (2021). "Regjeringens nei". Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X.
  • Kristiansen, Tom & Rem, Tore (2021). Kongelig norsk krigsunderholdning. Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X.
  • Kristiansen, Tom & Rem, Tore (2020). "NRK gir seerne en grunnleggende usann fortelling". Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Rem, Tore (2020). Beklagelsens forhistorier og kritikkens ansvar. Vinduet. ISSN 0042-6288.
  • Rem, Tore (2020). Om å dømme da og nå. Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X.
  • Rem, Tore (2020). Medaljens bakside, Samvittighetskvaler. Kielland på ny. Pelikanen forlag. ISSN 978-8283-83077-4. p. 9–24.
  • Bjorvand, Agnes-Margrethe; Rem, Tore; Breen, Marta & Birkevold, Harald (2020). Biografidebatten - hvorfor handler 8 av 10 biografier om menn?
  • Rem, Tore (2019). Jødefiendtlig propaganda på norsk. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Rem, Tore & Moi, Toril (2019). "Om akademisk skriving". In Isaksen, Kristine & Blad, Hans Petter (Ed.), Min metode. Om sakprosaskriving. Cappelen Damm AS. ISSN 978-82-02-62457-6. p. 24–35.
  • Rem, Tore (2019). "Biografien om Jens Bjørneboe". In Isaksen, Kristine & Blad, Hans Petter (Ed.), Min metode. Om sakprosaskriving. Cappelen Damm AS. ISSN 978-82-02-62457-6. p. 85–101.
  • Rem, Tore & Fulsås, Narve (2019). Ibsen, Scandinavia and the Making of a World Drama.
  • Rem, Tore (2018). Out of the Ruins.
  • Rem, Tore & Fulsås, Narve (2018). Hvordan var Ibsen mulig?
  • Rem, Tore (2018). Ibsen. [Radio]. "In Our Time", BBC Radio 4.
  • Rem, Tore (2018). The British reception of Ibsen; Ibsen and censorship.
  • Rem, Tore (2018). Mediation and Power: A Typology.
  • Rem, Tore (2018). Fallet. In Midthun, Sondre (Eds.), En plutselig frigjørende pasning. Forfatterlandslaget Forlag. ISSN 978-82-691295-0-2. p. 99–116.
  • Fulsås, Narve & Rem, Tore (2018). Hvordan var Ibsen mulig?
  • Fulsås, Narve & Rem, Tore (2018). Verdslitteratur frå periferien. Klassekampens Bokmagasin. p. 4–5.
  • Rem, Tore & Jordheim, Helge (2016). Opplysningsmannen. In Bull, Bernt & Hagtvet, Bernt (Ed.), Samfunnsborgeren. Erik Rudeng 70 år. Pax Forlag. ISSN 978-82-530-3880-3. p. 222–229.
  • Rem, Tore (2016). Introduction. In Rem, Tore (Eds.), Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House and Other Plays. Penguin Classics. ISSN 978-0-141-19456-1. p. xv–xliii.
  • Rem, Tore (2015). Hamsun, det selvbiografiske og historien. Vagant. ISSN 0802-0736. 2.
  • Rem, Tore (2015). Hamsun, Hitler og sakprosaens poetikk. Prosa - tidsskrift for skribenter. ISSN 0805-276X.
  • Asdal, Kristin; Brekke, Torkel; Hvattum, Mari; Jordheim, Helge; Rem, Tore & Sandmo, Erling Sverdrup [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2014). Hva skal vi med humanioradebatten? Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847. p. 24–25.
  • Asdal, Kristin; Brekke, Torkel; Hvattum, Mari; Jordheim, Helge; Rem, Tore & Sandmo, Erling Sverdrup [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2014). Krise nå igjen? Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847. p. 22–23.
  • Asdal, Kristin; Brekke, Torkel; Hvattum, Mari; Jordheim, Helge; Rem, Tore & Sandmo, Erling Sverdrup [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2014). Humanioras muligheter. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. p. 4–5.
  • Asdal, Kristin; Brekke, Torkel; Hvattum, Mari; Jordheim, Helge; Rem, Tore & Sandmo, Erling Sverdrup [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2014). Hva skal vi med nytte? Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Rem, Tore (2014). "Jeg er Hamsun". Vagant. ISSN 0802-0736. 2.
  • Boasson, Frode Lerum; Rem, Tore & Ringvej, Mona Renate (2014). Dikteren og diktatoren.
  • Rem, Tore (2014). Mind out of time. [Journal]. New Statesman.
  • Rem, Tore (2013). Litteratur og autoritet. Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0800-336X. p. 386–389.
  • Fulsås, Narve & Rem, Tore (2013). Det moderne gjennombrotet: historiografiske perspektiv.
  • Rem, Tore (2013). Henrik Ibsen and World Drama: Reflections on the Relationship between Centres and Peripheries.
  • Rem, Tore (2013). A Doll's House as World Theatre.
  • Rem, Tore (2013). 'The Provincial of Provincials': Ibsen and World Theatre.
  • Rem, Tore (2013). En kjærlighetserklæring. In Münch, Annette & Kjøs, Peder (Ed.), Sånn er det bare. Aschehoug & Co. ISSN 978-82-03-23957-1. p. 106–107.
  • Fulsås, Narve & Rem, Tore (2013). Ibsen's world and the worlding of Ibsen.
  • Rem, Tore & Berg, Siv Frøydis (2012). Leksikon som vare og ting. In Berg, Siv Frøydis; Berg, Øivind; Bjordal, Sine Halkjelsvik & Jordheim, Helge (Ed.), All verdens kunnskap. Leksikon gjennom to tusen år. Forlaget Press. ISSN 9788275476119. p. 186–197.
  • Rem, Tore (2012). "Maksimal tilstedeværelse. Erik Exe Christoffersen (red.). Odin Teatret. Et dansk verdensteater". Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning. ISSN 0013-0818. p. 335–339.
  • Rem, Tore (2011). Dickens i Norge, Ibsen i Storbritannia: Lesning over Nordsjøen. In Bratberg, Øivind & Haugevik, Kristin M. (Ed.), Det glemte partnerskapet? Norge og Storbritannia i et endret Europa. British Politics Society. ISSN 978-82-998915-0-9. p. 96–108.
  • Rem, Tore (2011). Who gives? Who receives? In Berge, Kjetil (Eds.), Near Far. Teknisk Industri AS. ISSN 978-82-997894-1-7. p. 73–73.
  • Rem, Tore (2011). Etter Babel. Om Kjell Torriset og det bokstavelige. In Torriset, Kjell (Eds.), Malerier. Paintings. Forlaget Press. ISSN 978-82-7547-499-3. p. 105–117.
  • Rem, Tore (2010). "Bror alkohol". Fortid. ISSN 1504-1913. p. 48–51.
  • Rem, Tore (2010). "Fire veier til rom.". Bøygen: Organ for nordisk språk og litteratur. ISSN 0806-8623. 2, p. 21–25.
  • Langford, Malcolm & Rem, Tore (2009). Replikk: Et rom for ytringsfrihet. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. p. 3–3.
  • Langford, Malcolm & Rem, Tore (2009). Ikke glem oss! Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • D'Amico, Giuliano & Rem, Tore (2011). Domesticating Ibsen for Italy. Enrico and Icilio Polese's Ibsen Campaign. Nauka.

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