LEADER 03016oam 22006134a 450 001 9910524865703321 005 20230418151705.0 010 $a1-4214-3545-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000010460846 035 $a(OCoLC)1122733897 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse78498 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88958 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010460846 100 $a20720428d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA History of Icelandic Literature 210 $cJohns Hopkins University Press 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource (xii, 409 pages)) 225 0 $aAmerican-Scandinavian Foundation. Publications 300 $aOriginally published in 1957 311 $a1-4214-3546-2 311 $a1-4214-3547-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 355-362). 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aStefán 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. 606 $aLiteratur$2gnd$3(DE-588)4035964-5 606 $aGeschichte$2gnd$3(DE-588)4020517-4 606 $aOld Norse literature$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01045226 606 $aIcelandic literature$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00966678 606 $aLitterature islandaise$xHistoire et critique 606 $aIcelandic literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aOld Norse literature$xHistory and criticism 607 $aIsla?ndisch$2swd 608 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc. 610 $aLiterary theory 615 0$aLiteratur 615 0$aGeschichte 615 0$aOld Norse literature. 615 0$aIcelandic literature. 615 0$aLitterature islandaise$xHistoire et critique. 615 0$aIcelandic literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aOld Norse literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a839.609 700 $aStefa?n Einarsson$f1897-1972.,$0560368 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524865703321 996 $aHistory of Icelandic literature$9940831 997 $aUNINA