John David Crosby
About
My doctoral research traces the motif of home (heim) as it permeates Nynorsk poetry from the middle of the 19th century and into the 1920s. Specifically, I look at the poetry and prose of Ivar Aasen, Arne Garborg and Kristofer Uppdal. Their works feature the "heim" motif constantly, as a means of defining a Nynorsk literary philosophy. This project is a part of the NTNU and NFR research project ImagiNation. Mapping the Imagined Geographies of Norwegian Literature from 1814 to 1905.
I am also a member of the International Research Training Group Baltic Peripeties. Narratives of Reformations, Revolutions and Catastrophes (Greifswald, Tartu, Trondheim, funded by the German Research Foundation).
My research is focused on 19th and early 20th century Norwegian literature, with a particular focus on Henrik Ibsen, Arne Garborg, Kristofer Uppdal and Henrik Rytter. Furthermore, I am interested in literary history and literary theory.
Main academic interests include:
- Translation theory
- 20th century French philosophy
- Martin Heidegger
- Walter Benjamin
- Philosophical aesthetics
- Henrik Ibsen and Scandinavian modern drama
- The modern breakthrough in Scandinavia
- German Romanticism
Research
Publications
2025
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Crosby, John David.
(2025)
En kort, historisk oversikt over nynorske poet-oversettere, fra Aasen til Hauge.
Nordisk tidsskrift for oversettelses- og tolkeforskning
Academic article
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Crosby, John David.
(2025)
The New Norwegian Peer Gynt: On the Nynorsk Versions of Ibsen’s Last Drama in Verse.
Ibsen Studies
Article in business/trade/industry journal
2024
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Crosby, John David.
(2024)
Litt om Kamau Brathwaite.
Mellom Tidsskrift for omsett litteratur
Popular scientific article
2023
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Crosby, John David;
Derrida, Jacques.
(2023)
Utdrag fra DYRET OG HERSKEREN (1. Bind).
Mellom Tidsskrift for omsett litteratur
Popular scientific article
Journal publications
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Crosby, John David.
(2025)
En kort, historisk oversikt over nynorske poet-oversettere, fra Aasen til Hauge.
Nordisk tidsskrift for oversettelses- og tolkeforskning
Academic article
-
Crosby, John David.
(2025)
The New Norwegian Peer Gynt: On the Nynorsk Versions of Ibsen’s Last Drama in Verse.
Ibsen Studies
Article in business/trade/industry journal
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Crosby, John David.
(2024)
Litt om Kamau Brathwaite.
Mellom Tidsskrift for omsett litteratur
Popular scientific article
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Crosby, John David;
Derrida, Jacques.
(2023)
Utdrag fra DYRET OG HERSKEREN (1. Bind).
Mellom Tidsskrift for omsett litteratur
Popular scientific article
Teaching
Spring 2025: NORD1104 - Theory, Genre and Analysis
Outreach
2025
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Academic lectureCrosby, John David. (2025) Translation History as Literary History: Nynorsk Literature's Debt to the Foreign. Translating, Transfering, Transforming: Investigations in the history and theory of translatorial practices. , Bergen 2025-11-10 -
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LectureCrosby, John David. (2025) Et liv i kunsten - En samtale om Paul Auster - Litteraturhuset i Trondheim. Et liv i kunsten - En samtale om Paul Auster , Trondheim 2025-09-28 -
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Academic lectureCrosby, John David. (2025) «No er Heimen fødd paa ny»: The New Norwegian ‘Home’ in light of Turning Points. International Association of Scandinavian Studies (IASS) Conference 2025: Peripeteias, catastrophies, happy endings: Turning points in Nordic literature and culture , Munich 2025-07-30 - 2025-08-02
2024
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Academic lectureCrosby, John David. (2024) “der eg daa kom til at dvelja…” The Philosophy of Home in Nynorsk Nation Building Literature. Det Digitale 1800-tallet , Trondheim 2024-12-12 - 2024-12-12
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Academic lectureCrosby, John David. (2024) Å gje ei ny røyst. Jon Fosses Peer Gynt. Nynorsk litteratur der ute – og heim igjen , Volda 2024-06-06 - 2024-06-06