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English translation: novel of manners


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Swedish term or phrase:sedeskildring
English translation:novel of manners
Entered by: Thomas Johansson
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05:55 Oct 15, 2009
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Swedish term or phrase: sedeskildring
Följande syftar på författaren Carl-Johan Vallgren och hans roman "Nomaderna":

"I romanen, som både kan ses som pikaresk och sedeskildring, experimenterar han friskt med olika berättarperspektiv och stilar."
Thomas Johansson
Peru
Local time: 18:14
novel of manners
Explanation:
Novel of manners:
work of fiction that re-creates a social world, conveying with finely detailed observation the customs, values, and mores of a highly developed and complex society.
Encyclopaedia Brittanica

Jfr definition av sedeskildring i Nationalencyklopedin - http://www.ne.se/sedeskildring
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Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 10:14
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5 +3novel of manners
Anna Herbst
4moral story; moral tale
Sven Petersson


  

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moral story; moral tale


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Sven Petersson
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Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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novel of manners


Explanation:
Novel of manners:
work of fiction that re-creates a social world, conveying with finely detailed observation the customs, values, and mores of a highly developed and complex society.
Encyclopaedia Brittanica

Jfr definition av sedeskildring i Nationalencyklopedin - http://www.ne.se/sedeskildring


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Anna Herbst
Australia
Local time: 10:14
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Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 6
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