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- A History of Icelandic Literature
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- 2019
- Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Funder: Mellon/NEH / Hopkins Open Publishing: Encore Editions
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Originally published in 1957. Stefán Einarsson covers almost a thousand years of Icelandic literature in tracing the influence of the sagas and eddic poems. The book begins with background on Icelandic literature, outlining its literary roots in Scandinavia. Following this, Einarsson provides a thorough survey of Icelandic literature through the 1950s.
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- Half Title
- p. i
- Title Page
- p. iii
- Dedication
- p. v
- Introduction
- pp. 3-13
- Eddic Poetry
- pp. 14-43
- Skaldic Poetry
- pp. 44-68
- Sacred Poetry
- pp. 69-83
- Literature of the Clergy
- pp. 96-105
- The Earliest Historiographers
- pp. 106-109
- The Kings’ Sagas
- pp. 110-121
- The Family Sagas
- pp. 136-151
- Sturlunga Saga
- pp. 152-156
- Fornaldar Sögur
- pp. 157-161
- Romances of Chivalry and Lygi Sögur
- pp. 162-169
- The Reformation
- pp. 170-178
- The Icelandic Renaissance
- pp. 179-184
- Secular Poetry, 1550–1750
- pp. 185-205
- Enlightenment (Neo-Classicism), 1750–1830
- pp. 206-219
- National Romanticism, 1830–1874
- pp. 220-248
- Realism to Neo-Romanticism, 1874–1918
- pp. 249-287
- After World War II, 1940–1956
- pp. 328-339
- American-Icelandic Writers
- pp. 340-354
- Bibliography
- pp. 355-362
- On Pronunciation
- p. 363
- A Note on the Index
- p. 364
- Series List
- p. 411
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ISBN
9781421435473
Related ISBN(s)
9780801801860, 9781421435459, 9781421435466
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OCLC
1122733897
Pages
426
Launched on MUSE
2019-10-10
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC-ND
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