Includes page references to discussions of individual works in the following general
works (bold indicates abbreviation):
Frihet! Sannhet! Temaer i Jens Bjørneboes forfatterskap, ed.
Y. R. Otnes. Oslo: Pax, 1977.
Garton, Janet. Jens Bjørneboe: Prophet Without Honor.
Contributions to the Study of World Literature, no. 9. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing
Group, 1985.
Hambro, Carl. 1978. Jens Bjørneboe, en litterær profil.
Oslo: Gyldendal.
Martin, Joe. Keeper of the Protocols : The Works of Jens Bjørneboe
in the Crosscurrents of Western Literature. American University Studies. Series I, Germanic
Languages and Literatures, vol. 108. New York: Peter Lang, 1996.
Otnes, Yngvild Risdal. Bjørneboe. Norske forfattere i
nærlys. 2. Oslo: Aschehoug, 1974.
Tharaldsen, Ottil. Kvinnesyn og mannsrolle i fire romaner av Jens
Bjørneboe (View of woman and man's role in four novels of JB) Oslo:
Universitetsforlaget, 1977.
Wandrup, Fredrik. Jens Bjørneboe : mannen, myten og kunsten
(Jens Bjørneboe: the man, the myth, the art) Oslo: Gyldendal, 1984.
General references
Garton, Chapters 4-6, 8-9 (33-68, 87-114).
Risdal, Yngvild. "Kort oversikt over anmeldelse av Jens Bjørneboes
romaner, 1952-64" (Brief survey of the reviews of JB's novels...) In Frihet!
Sannhet! 184-9.
Duke Hans (Hertug Hans, 1972)
Bjøndal, Jan. "Sannheten—døden—friheten. Sentrale
motiver i Jens Bjørneboes Hertug Hans og Frihetens
øyeblikk" (Truth, death, freedom: central motifs in JB's Duke Hans and
Moment of Freedom). In I diktningens brennpunkt, edited. by Rolf Nyboe
Nettum, 131-149. Oslo: Aschehoug, 1982.
Garton, 34-36.
Martin, 9f.
Mishler, William. "Jens Bjørneboe, Anthroposophy and Hertug
Hans." Edda (1987), no. 2:167-178. Anthroposophical symbolism in JB's
early novella. Norwegian quotations untranslated.
Wandrup, 46-48.
Ere the Cock Crows (Før hanen galer , 1952)
Aarnes, Sigurd Aa."'Det ondes problem'. Nazismen i Jens Bjørneboes
dikting." In Nazismen og norsk litteratur. 2. utg., ed by Bjarte Birkeland et al.,
365-387. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1995. JB's depiction of Nazism and preoccupation with
Germany.
Aarnes, Sigurd Aa. "The Problem of
Evil"—Nazism in Jens Bjørneboe's writing. Translated by John
Weinstock. In The Nordic Mind: Current Trends in Scandinavian Literary Criticism,
edited. by Frank Egholm Andersen and John Weinstock. 223-50. Lanham MD: University
Presses of America, 1986. Translation of the foregoing (1st ed, 1975).
Bjørneboe, Jens. "En litterær prosess." Samlede Essays:
Kultur I, 205-23. (Oslo: Pax. 1996). Originally published in Madsen, Carl. En
litterær process (A literary lawsuit). Copenhagen: Vendelkær., 1968.
Bull, Jan. "Til rådighet for døden." (At death's disposal). In
Frihet! Sannhet! 228-30. Review, originally published in Friheten, 25 October
1952.
Garton, 36-40.
Hambro, Chapter 3 (39-50).
Løding, Steinar. "Smerte og struktur: Om 'For hanen galer' av Jens
Bjørneboe." (Pain and structure: On Ere the Cock Crows). Vinduet
40 (1986) , no. 2:20-22.
Longum, Leif. Et speil for oss selv. Menneskesyn og virkelighetsoppfatning i
norsk etterkrigsprosa (A mirror for ourselves: View of man and conception of reality in
postwar Norwegian prose), 50-54.. Oslo: Aschehoug, 1968.
Madsen, Carl. En litterær process (A literary lawsuit). Copenhagen:
Vendelkær, 1968. An account of the court case in Copenhagen in March 1968, in which
Madsen represented Bjørneboe in a libel suit against Ole Storm stemming from a
statement about Bjørneboe's motives for writing Før Hanen Galer.
Includes an account of the reception of the novel, Bjørneboe's own defense statement and
an essay by Johanna Schwarz.
Martin, 11-13.
Mürer, Esther Greenleaf. "Mad Scientists and Moral Outrage: The
Genesis
of JB's Amputation." In Bjørneboe, Jens. Amputation: Texts for an
Extraordinary Spectacle. Los Angeles: Xenos Books, 2003, 143-166.
Mygland, Knut. "Jens Bjørneboes roman Før hanen
galer og mottakelsen av den" (Ere the Cock Crows and its reception).
Dissertation. Univ. of Oslo, 1978.
Nygren, Lars. "Nattsvart optimism." In Grannskap: Nordisk
antologi, redigerad av Anders Weider och Lillemor Sörman. Ur Café
Existens
1984-1994 (Bottna, Caf‚ Existens, 1994), 103-114. Originally published in Cafe
Existens nr 53, 1992. Focuses on JB's relationship with Brecht, with particular attention to
Ere the Cock Crows.
Otnes, 12-18.
Wandrup, 51-55.
Jonas (1955)
Bjørneboe, Jens. "När jeg skrev Jonas" (When I
wrote Jonas). Bøker og Mennesker, edited by Aud Gulbransen and
Jadwige T. Kvadsheim. 138-44. Oslo: Gyldendals fakkelbøker,1979. Originally
published in Bokvännen, no. 11/12 (1956).
Borgersen, Ivar. "Sentrale teorier i Jens Bjørneboes oppdragelsessyn :en
litterær-pedagogisk studie" (Central theories in JB's view of education: a literary-
pedagogical study). Dissertation. Univ. of Trondheim, 1982.
Egeland, Egil. "Jeg setter pris på 'vanskelige' elever: Konservativ anarkist
har suksess" ("I value 'difficult' pupils"..) In Samtaler med Jens
Bjørneboe, edited by Håvard Rem, 20-25. Oslo: Dreyer, 1987. Interview with
JB, originally published in Morgenbladet, 22 October 1955.
Garton, 41-45.
Hambro, chapter 4 (51-66).
Hoel, Sigurd. "En stor roman" (A great novel). In Frihet!
Sannhet! 199-204. Review, originally published in Verdens Gang, 11 October
1955.
Imerslund, Knut. 1994. "Jens Bjørneboe og pedagogikken."
Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift, 78, no. 5:305-314.
Kristiansen, Hans-Ivar. "Jens Bjørneboes Jonas—fra
samfunnsengasjement til selvsentrert livssyn : en lesemåte"
(Jonas—from societal engagement to a Self-centered [individuated] view of life).
Dissertation. Univ. of Bergen, 1974.
Martin, 20-23.
Nilsen, Sverre. "Jonas av Jens Bjørneboe." Dissertation.
Univ. of Oslo, 1975.
Nørstebø, Eva Olaug. "Eit salamandersynspunkt? Ein analyse av
Jens Bjørneboes Jonas" (A salamander viewpoint? An analysis of
Jonas). Dissertation. Univ. of Oslo, 1970.
Otnes, 19-31.
Skagen, Kaj. 1984.
Solheim, Torolv. "Jens Bjørneboe: Jonas." In Frihet!
Sannhet! 190-8. Originally published in Fossegrimen, nr.2-3 (1956): 128-34.
Stokenes, Elin."Pedagogen Jens Bjørneboe : i artikler og romanen
Jonas" (The teacher JB: in articles and the novel Jonas.). Dissertation.
Univ. of Bergen, 1986.
Thon, Jahn. "Jens Bjørneboes samfunnskritikk" (JB's critique of
society). Klassekampen (Oslo), 17 October. 1995. A slightly different version in
Sørlandsk magasin 12(1996) :30-35. Places JB in the Bohemian tradition. English translation
Wandrup, 60-63.
Wyller, Egil A. "Jens Bjørneboes Jonas, en analyse."
Samtiden 65 (1956): 149-64.
Under a Harsher Sky/Under a Sterner Heaven (Under en
Hårdere Himmel, 1957)
Aarnes, Sigurd Aa."'Det ondes problem'. Nazismen i Jens Bjørneboes
dikting." In Nazismen og norsk litteratur. 2. utg., ed by Bjarte Birkeland et al.,
365-387. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1995. JB's depiction of Nazism and preoccupation with
Germany.
Aarnes, Sigurd Aa. "The Problem of
Evil"—Nazism in Jens Bjørneboe's writing. Translated by John
Weinstock. InThe Nordic Mind: Current Trends in Scandinavian Literary Criticism,
edited by Frank Egholm Andersen and John Weinstock. 223-50. Lanham MD: University
Presses of America, 1986. Translation of the foregoing (1st ed, 1975).
Beinset, Anton. "Et litterært makkverk og et gement produkt" (A
literary mess and a vile product). In Frihet! Sannhet! 222-4. Review, originally
published in Dagbladet, 9 October 1957.
Brekke, Paul. "Darwin bak landssvikoppgjøret" (Darwin behind
the quisling trials). In Frihet! Sannhet! 225-7. Review, originally published in
Verdens Gang, 9 October 1957.
Garton, 45-47.
Hambro, Chapter 5 (67-77).
Hoberman, John M. "The Political Imagination of Jens Bjørneboe: A
Study of Under en hårdere himmel" (Under a harsher sky). Scandinavian
Studies, 48 (1976):52-70. Stresses the unresolved polarities and ambiguities in the novel,
which induce a fundamental despair in the author. JB's work lacks a confessional dimension;
preoccupied with the evil in others, he evinces little personal sense of sin. Norwegian quotations
untranslated.
Longum, Leif. "Nasjonalisme, nazisme og landssvik. Et problemkompleks
belyst gjennom to norske okkupasjons-romaner av Jens Bjørneboe og Sigurd
Evensmo" (Nationalism, nazism and treason. A complex of problems illuminated by two
Norwegian novels of the occupation, by JB and Sigurd Evensmo). In Literature as
Resistance
and Counter-Culture. Papers of the 19th Study Conference, Association for Scandinavian
Studies, edited by András Masát, 133-136. Budapest: Hungarian
Association for Scandinavian Studies, 1993.
Martin, 24-26.
O'Leary, Margaret Hayford. Post-war Norwegian fiction: Portraits of women in
occupied Norway. PhD. Dissertation, Univ. of Wisconsin, 1987. Section focusing on the
"German tarts" as seen in postwar Norwegian fiction includes a discussion of
Bjørneboe's Under a Harsher Sky.
Skagen, Kaj. Metafysikk eller selvmord : et essay om Jens Bjørneboe og
antroposofien (Metaphysics or suicide: an essay on JB and anthroposophy), 35n. Oslo:
Cappelen, 1996. One of the few positive assessments of this novel.
Thon, Jahn. "Jens Bjørneboes samfunnskritikk" (JB's critique of
society). Klassekampen (Oslo), 17 October. 1995. A slightly different version in
Sørlandsk magasin 12(1996) :30-35. Places JB in the Bohemian tradition. English translation
Hauge-Eriksen, Merete. "Jens Bjørneboes Den onde hyrde,
Tonny og Til lykke med dagen, roman—film—drama : en studie i
adapsjonsproblemer" (The Evil Shepherd, Tonnie and Many Happy
Returns, novel—film—drama: a study in problems of adaptation). Dissertation.
Univ of Bergen, 1981.
Longum, Leif. Et speil for oss selv. Menneskesyn og virkelighetsoppfatning i
norsk etterkrigsprosa (A mirror for ourselves: View of man and conception of reality in
postwar Norwegian prose), 120-125. Oslo: Aschehoug., 1968.
Martin, 29-32.
Nag, Martin. "Jens Bjørneboe gir håp og løfter" (JB
gives hope and uplift). In Frihet! Sannhet! 218-21. Review originally published in
Friheten, 9 December 1960.
Otnes, 33-46.
Rasmussen, Egil. "Ungdomskriminalitet og straff" (The criminality and
punishment of youth). In Frihet! Sannhet! 215-7. Review originally published in
Aftenposten, 24 November 1960.
Wandrup, 89-91.
The Dream and the Wheel (Drømmen og Hjulet,
1964)
Eide, Eiliv. "Drømmen og hjulet." In Frihet! Sannhet!
212-14. Review originally published in Bergens Tidende, 12 December 1964.
Garton, 54-58.
Hambro, Chapter 8 (92-100)
Jarl, Knut Coucheron. "Roman om Ragnhild Jølsen. In Frihet!
Sannhet! 209-11. Review originally published in Aftenposten, 9 November
1964.
Laberg, Steinar. "Utopi og utvikling : en analyse av Jens Bjørneboes
Drømmen og hjulet" (Utopia and evolution: an analysis of The Dream
and the Wheel). Dissertation. Univ. of Trondheim, 1978.
Thon, Jahn. "Jens Bjørneboes samfunnskritikk" (JB's critique of
society). Klassekampen (Oslo), 17 October. 1995. A slightly different version in
Sørlandsk magasin 12(1996) :30-35. Places JB in the Bohemian tradition. English translation
Wandrup, 99-104.
Without a Stitch (Uten en Tråd, 1966)
Bjørneboe, Jens. "Istendenfor en forsvarstale" (Instead of a
defense
speech). JB's own defense in the court case. Included in Uten en tråd (Samlede
verker, Oslo: Pax, 1995), 142-53.
Garton, 64-68.
Gulliksen, Geir. 1990. "Jens Bjørneboes Uten en
tråd—som triviallitteratur" (JB's Without a Stitch—as trivial
literature). Eigenproduksjon, 36:120-131.
Hansen, May Line and Kristian Tang. "Uten en tråd :
resepsjonsanalyse" (Without a Stitch: an analysis of its reception). Dissertation.
Statens bibliotekhøgskole, 1989.
Martin, 37-41.
Saken om "Uten en tråd" i Oslo byrett 1.-14. juni 1967
(The
case of Without a Stitch. in Oslo Municipal Court). Edited by Bjørn
Bjørnsen, Terje Hoel, and Johan Ludwig Mowinckel. Oslo: Pax, 1967. A detailed
account of the 1967 obscenity trial.
Tharaldsen, 69-79.
Wandrup, Ch 11 (109-21).
Without a Stitch 2 (Uden en Trævl 2, 1968)
Garton, 68.
Martin, 41.
Wandrup, 95 (one of Bjørneboe's drawings from the book), 120f.