The Aristocratic Universe of Karen Blixen: Destiny and the Denial of Fate

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Karen Blixen’s works are explored in the light of a passionate insistence on living out this double nature of the divine and the demonic. The “aristocratic” is examined as her depiction of a conduct of life that may be faithful to destiny: The aristocratic point of view is in tune with eternity and places no obstructive morality between self and life. Vitality has its source in direct get right of entry to to the ocean of inexhaustible opportunities with which life presents us. The “world” in her novel Out of Africa, for instance, plays a key role as the consummate illustration of an aristocratic culture. The aesthetic guidelines for literary form (in addition to art) as advocated by Karen Blixen are discussed, and her view of art is in a similar fashion defined and explained as “aristocratic”. Her private correspondence is drawn upon to shed new light on her life and work. The Aristocratic Universe of Karen Blixen explores the disagreement between the different cultures and environments which are seen to limit and censure natural behavior at the same time as on the same time imposing upon humankind needless notions of sin and guilt. Analysis of her stories (especially Babette’s Feast) and of her world view show how Karen Blixen maps out hostility to destiny – this being a violation of Creation, which is viewed as both divine and demonic. Photographs and color pictures of Blixen’s art work are also included.

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