Nicolai Klimii iter subterraneum of Ludvig Holberg: Meta-reflection, Imaginary Voyages and the Classical Tradition

The research focuses on the ironical use of the Classical tradition and the meta-reflexive elements in the latin, satirical travelogue Niels Klim (1741) by the Dano-Norwegian writer Ludvig Holberg. By a comparative study with Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Montesquieu's Lettres persanes this study tends to understand Holberg's positioning toward the contemporary, European literary tradition.