WISCONSIN INTRODUCTIONS TO SCANDINAVIA (WITS)
The Wisconsin Introductions to Scandinavia (WITS) series was created to provide quality textbooks and translations pertaining to Scandinavian culture for use in American classrooms. Distinguished scholars and translators from all over the world have contributed to this series, which was overseen by faculty members of the Scandinavian Department at the University of Wisconsin.
WITS – Short and authoritative introductions to various aspects of Scandinavian life and civilization
No. 3: The History of Scandinavia by Stewart Oakley
Reissued as The History of Scandinavia by Stewart Oakley and Julie K. Allen (2013)
No. 4: The Geography of Scandinavia by Robert Ostergren
Nordic Culture Curriculum Project – Short and authoritative introductions to various aspects of Scandinavian life and civilization
Nos. 5,6: Nordic Immigration to North America by Faith Ingwersen et al. (2002)
No. 4: Nordic Environment: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives by Arnold R. Alanen et al. (1995)
WITS II – Scandinavian literature and criticism in translation
No. 3: Short Stories from Norway, Henning Sehmsdorf, ed. Reissued as Norwegian Short Stories, Henning Sehmsdorf and Tanya Thresher, eds. (2006)
No. 6: The Heroine in Norwegian Literature (critical essays), Faith Ingwersen and Harald Naess, eds.
No. 7: Tardy Awakening and Other Stories by Steen Steensen Blicher, Paula Brugge and Faith Ingwersen, trans. Niels Ingwersen, ed. (1996)
Currently Unavailable:
No. 5: Danish Folk Tales by Mathias Winther
No. 10: Scandinavian Folklore, Niels Ingwersen, ed. (Special issue of Scandinavian Studies)
No. 13: Sex and the Modern Breakthrough, Susan Brantly, ed. and trans. (2004)