In publications and teaching, Marianne Stecher examines Scandinavian and Danish literature in various critical, historical, literary, and national contexts of the 19^th and 20^th centuries. She makes use of recent criticism and theory to write about the works of Hans Christian Andersen, Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), Thorkild Hansen, and other writers. She has served as editor for two reference volumes on Danish writers and her articles appear in Scandinavian Studies and other journals. Stecher’s most recent book, The Creative Dialectic on Karen Blixen’s Essays is being published by Museum Tusculanum Press in Copenhagen.