Ronny Grønning Spaans

Professor - Nordic Literature
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Visiting address Niels Henrik Abels vei 36 Henrik Wergelands hus 0313 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1102 Blindern 0317 Oslo

Academic interests

Literary history, literary historiography, early modern literature, poetry, New Norse literary history, Norwegian-Dutch relations

Courses taught

Background

- PhD, UiO 2015, with a thesis on the poetry of Joannes Six van Chandelier.

- Lecturer in Dutch language and literature, UiO 2017-2023.

- Associate Professor in Nordic Literature at Nord University 2018-2023.

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Publications

  • Spaans, Ronny Grønning (2024). Chapter 14 ‘My Eyes Have Never Yet Beheld Him.’ Demythologising Arctic Sea Monsters in the Poetry of the Norwegian Priest and Fish Merchant Petter Dass (1647–1707), Ichthyology in Context (1500–1880). Brill Academic Publishers. ISSN 9789004681187. doi: 10.1163/9789004681187_015.
  • Spaans, Ronny Grønning (2023). Natural History in Verse –Petter Dass’Description of Nordland. Sakprosa. ISSN 1502-6000. 15(1). doi: 10.5617/sakprosa.9774. Full text in Research Archive
  • Spaans, Ronny Grønning (2021). «Mitt namn er Petter Dass, som bur mot norskfagets ende». Nordlit. ISSN 0809-1668. 48. Full text in Research Archive
  • Spaans, Ronny Grønning (2021). «Strofenes dronning»i norsk litteratur». Frå A.O. Vinje til Olav Nygard. In Åslund, Arnfinn; Fjågesund, Peter; Hanto, Kristian Ihle; Nordstoga, Sveinung & Staxrud, Johan Magnus (Ed.), Tvisyn, innsyn, utsyn : Nærblikk på A.O. Vinje. Scandinavian Academic Press. ISSN 9788230402726. p. 495–536. Full text in Research Archive
  • Spaans, Ronny Grønning (2021). Witches, Copernicus and fish species in Northern Norway. A critical look at the latest research on Petter Dass. Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning. ISSN 0013-0818. 108(2), p. 84–97. doi: 10.18261/issn.1500-1989-2021-02-02. Full text in Research Archive
  • Spaans, Ronny Grønning (2020). Kåre Langvik-Johannessen – ambassadør for nederlandsk kultur i det høge Nord. Norsk oversetterleksikon. ISSN 2535-616X.
  • Spaans, Ronny Grønning (2018). ‘De grote onbekende’. Lucifer in het Noors . In Meijer Drees, Marijke; Prandoni, Marco & Schlusemann, Rita (Ed.), De glans van Vondels Lucifer: Opvoeren, vertalen, herinneren. Amsterdam University Press. ISSN 9789463721110. p. 131–144.
  • Myrvoll, Klaus Johan & Spaans, Ronny Grønning (2018). Olav H. Hauge og nynorsk omsetjingskunst. Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning. ISSN 0013-0818. 105(4), p. 322–338. doi: 10.18261/issn.1500-1989-2018-04-05. Full text in Research Archive
  • Spaans, Ronny Grønning (2017). Exotica, ornaments and idolatry in the poetry of Jan Six van Chandelier (1620-1695). De zeventiende eeuw. ISSN 2212-7402. p. 115–136. doi: 10.18352/dze.10145.
  • Spaans, Ronny Grønning (2016). Diagnosing the Poetic Inspiration: Medical Criticism of Enthusiasm in thePoetry of Jan Six van Chandelier(1620–1695). In Grave, Jaap; Honings, Rick & Noak, Bettina (Ed.), Illness and Literature in the Low Countries. From the Middle Ages until the 21st Century. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISSN 978-3-8471-0520-6. p. 81–96. doi: 10.14220/9783737005203.81.
  • Spaans, Ronny (2015). Eksotiske medisinar, begjær og helse i den nederlandske gullalderen :. Arr - Idéhistorisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0802-7005. 27(2/3), p. 97–109.
  • Spaans, Ronny Grønning (2011). Ein stridsmann tek ordet. Henrik Rytter og nordisk folkeånd. In Høghaug, Leif H P & Sindre, Hovdenakk (Ed.), Skrift og strid. Essay om Henrik Rytter. Vidarforlaget AS. ISSN 978-82-7990-101-3. p. 205–223.
  • Spaans, Ronny & Cave, Terence (2008). The Dutch translation: austerity and pragmatism. In Cave, Terence (Eds.), Thomas More's Utopia in Early Modern Europe. Paratexts and Contexts. Manchester University Press. ISSN 978-0-7190-7730-2. p. 104–109.
  • Spaans, Ronny (2008). Imitatio and Plagiarism in the Dutch Renaissance. An interpretation of Joannes Six van Chandelier's "Teegen 't lasterschrift op Gerrit Brand". In Bjørnstad, Hall (Eds.), Borrowed Feathers. Plagiarism and the Limits of Imitation in Early Modern Europe. Unipub forlag. ISSN 978-82-7477-333-2. p. 201–214.
  • Spaans, Ronny (2006). Emil Boyson og utenlandsk poesi. In Spaans, Ronny (Eds.), Europeisk poesi i norsk gjendiktning / Emil Boyson. Vidarforlaget AS. ISSN 82-7990-023-3. p. 119–134.
  • Spaans, Ronny (2006). ""Tiltak det var merg og makt i"" om vitalisme i nynorske Shakespeare-tolkingar. Norsk Litterær Årbok. ISSN 0078-1266. p. 81–111.

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  • Spaans, Ronny Grønning (2020). Dangerous drugs. The self-presentation of the merchant-poet. Jan Six van Chandelier, 1620-1695. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 9789462982543. 350 p.
  • Spaans, Ronny Grønning (2017). Kjøpesenterlandet. Planlaus norsk stadutvikling. Dreyer Forlag A/S. ISBN 9788282651448. 196 p.
  • Spaans, Ronny Grønning (2016). Det beste av William Shakespeares dramatikk – eit utval. Villanden forlag. ISBN 9788299990417. 248 p.
  • Spaans, Ronny Grønning & Skjeldal, Eskil (2013). Babylonsk harpe. Dikt av Arnfinn Haram. Efrem Forlag. ISBN 9788292922309. 94 p.
  • Spaans, Ronny Grønning (2008). Svalene i Lisboa. Dikt. Wigestrand Forlag AS. ISBN 9788281400313. 66 p.
  • Spaans, Ronny & Cappelen, Bodil (2008). Tid å hausta inn. 31 forfattarar om Olav H. Hauge. Det Norske Samlaget. ISBN 978-82-521-7202-7. 304 p.
  • Spaans, Ronny (2006). Europeisk poesi i norsk gjendiktning / Emil Boyson. Vidarforlaget AS. ISBN 82-7990-023-3. 139 p.

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  • Willumsen, Liv Helene & Spaans, Ronny Grønning (2023). 'Troll whales' in the North Atlantic in the Early Modern Period - from the map of Olaus Magnus to witchcraft trials.
  • Spaans, Ronny Grønning & Davenport, Randi Lise (2017). Cervantes i Tromsø. [Newspaper]. Dag og Tid.
  • Iunker, Finn & Spaans, Ronny (2016). Litteratur og moral. Dag og Tid. ISSN 0803-334X. 55(52), p. 16–17.
  • D'Amico, Giuliano; Spaans, Ronny & Sandell, Håkan (2014). Retrogardisme.
  • Cappelen, Bodil & Spaans, Ronny (2008). Føreord. In Spaans, Ronny & Cappelen, Bodil (Ed.), Tid å hausta inn. 31 forfattarar om Olav H. Hauge. Det Norske Samlaget. ISSN 978-82-521-7202-7. p. 7–9.
  • Spaans, Ronny (2008). Olav H. Hauge og folketradisjonen. In Spaans, Ronny & Cappelen, Bodil (Ed.), Tid å hausta inn. 31 forfattarar om Olav H. Hauge. Det Norske Samlaget. ISSN 978-82-521-7202-7. p. 142–164.
  • Spaans, Ronny & Cave, Terence (2008). The Dutch paratexts. In Cave, Terence (Eds.), Thomas More's Utopia in Early Modern Europe. Paratexts and Contexts. Manchester University Press. ISSN 978-0-7190-7730-2. p. 219–232.
  • Spaans, Ronny (2014). Godenbloed te koop. Exotica, extase en verboden kennis in de poëzie van Joannes Six van Chandelier (1620-1695). Nauka.

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Published Mar. 9, 2023 3:37 PM - Last modified Mar. 14, 2023 10:45 AM