A01=Stefán Einarsson
Author_Stefán Einarsson
Bishop Guðbrandur Þorláksson
Category=DSA
eddic poems
Egil’s Saga
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fairy tales
family name
family sagas
fornaldar sögur
Henry Goddard Leach
heroic poetry
Icelandic literature
Icelandic saga
literary history
lygi sögur
sacred poetry
secular poetry
skaldic poetry
Snorri Sturluson
thirteenth century
twelfth century
Product details
- ISBN 9781421435459
- Weight: 567g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 26 Jan 2020
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Stefán Einarsson taught Scandinavian philology at Johns Hopkins University. He was a founding officer of the Icelandic Patriotic Society. He also authored Icelandic: Grammar, Text, Glossary.
