A History of Icelandic Literature

• Autore: Stefán Einarsson <1897-1972., >
• Pubblicazione: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 online resource (xii, 409 pages))
• Disciplina: 839.609
• Soggetto topico: Literatur; Geschichte; Old Norse literature; Icelandic literature; Litterature islandaise - Histoire et critique; Icelandic literature - History and criticism; Old Norse literature - History and criticism
• Soggetto geografico: Isländisch
• Soggetto genere / forma: Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Soggetto non controllato: Literary theory
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: History of Icelandic literature
• ISBN: 1-4214-3545-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910524865703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II