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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524865703321

Autore

Stefán Einarsson <1897-1972., >

Titolo

A History of Icelandic Literature

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Johns Hopkins University Press

ISBN

1-4214-3545-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource (xii, 409 pages))

Collana

American-Scandinavian Foundation. Publications

Disciplina

839.609

Soggetti

Literatur

Geschichte

Old Norse literature

Icelandic literature

Litterature islandaise - Histoire et critique

Icelandic literature - History and criticism

Old Norse literature - History and criticism

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Isländisch

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published in 1957

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-362).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Eddic Poetry -- Skaldic Poetry -- Sacred Poetry -- Secular Poetry of the Later Middle Ages -- Literature of the Clergy -- The Earliest Historiographers -- The Kings' Sagas -- The Sagas -- The Family Sagas -- Sturlunga Saga -- Fornalder Sogur -- Romances of Chivalry and Lygi Sogur -- The Reformation -- The Icelandic Renaissance -- Secular Poetry, 1550-1750 -- Enlightenment (Neo-Classicism), 1750-1830 -- National Romanticism, 1830-1874 -- Realism to Neo-Romanticism, 1874-1918 -- Tradition and Revolt Between the World Wars, 1918-1940 -- After World War II, 1940-1956 -- American-Icelandic Writers.

Sommario/riassunto

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.