Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater
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Bibliographic ResourcesMitchell, P. M., and Kenneth H. Ober.BibliographyofModern Icelandic Literature in Translation: Including Works Written byIcelanders in Other Languages. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1975.Ober, Kenneth H.BibliographyofModern Icelandic Literature in Translation: Supplement, 1971—1980. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1990.Literary History and CriticismAndersson, Theodore M. "The Emergence of Vernacular Literature in Iceland."Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study ofLiterature8, no. 4 (1975): 161-69.Chapman, Kenneth G. "From Edda to Atom: A BriefLook at Contemporary Icelandic Poetry."Books Abroad38 (1964): 5-10.Beck, Richard.History of Icelandic Poets 1800—1940. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1950.Einarsson, Stefan. "Hexameter in Icelandic Literature."Modern Language Notes68, no. 5 (1953): 351-54..A History of Icelandic Literature. New York: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1957..History of Icelandic Prose Writers, 1800—1940. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1948.. "Letter from Iceland."Books Abroad39 (1965): 296-97.Einarsson, Sveinn. "The Theatre System of Iceland." InTheatre Worlds in Motion: Structures, Politics and Developments in the Countries of Western Europe, ed. Hans van Maanen and Steve E. Wilmer. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Rodopi, 1998.Gislason, Gylfi Th. "Problems of Icelandic Culture."American Scandinavian Review54 (1966): 241-48.Gudmundsson, Finnbogi. "America in Icelandic Literature: From a Critical Point of View." InAmerika og Norden, ed. Lars Ahnebrink. Stockholm: Alvqvist and Wiksell, 1964.Hughes, Shaun F. D. "The Re-Emergence of Women's Voices in Icelandic Literature, 1500-1800." InCold Counsel: Women in Old Norse Literature andMythology: A Collection ofEssays, ed. Sarah M. Anderson and Karen Swenson. New York: Routledge, 2000.Magnusson, Sigurdur A."Icelandic Literature: Preserver ofNational Culture."Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study ofLiterature1, no. 3 (1968): 83-93.. "The Modern Icelandic Novel: From Isolation to Political Awareness."Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study ofLiterature4, no. 2 (1970): 133-43.. "Nature in Icelandic Poetry."Literary Review: An International Journal of Contemporary Writing39 no. 4 (1996): 505-8.. "Postwar Literature in Iceland."World Literature Today56 (1982): 18-23.Senner, W. M. "The Emergence of Literary Criticism and Poetics in Eighteenth-Century Iceland."Scandinavica36 (1997): 189-216.Simpson, Jacqueline.Icelandic Folktales andLegends. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1972.Steblin-Kamenskij, M. I. "Folklore and Literature in Iceland and the Problem of Literary Progress."Scandinavica11 (1972): 127-36.Stevens, Patrick J., ed.Icelandic Writers. Boston: Gale, 2004.Tomasson, Richard F. "The Literacy of the Icelanders."Scandinavian Studies47 (1975): 66-93.Woods, Leigh. "Iceland: The Contemporary Theatre Scene."Western European Stages13, no. 1 (2001): 99-102.. "Theater in Iceland: The Quest for National Identity."Scandinavian Review73, no. 3 (1985): 55-63.Select Bibliography for Specific WritersGunnar GunnarssonBeck, Richard. "Gunnar Gunnarsson: Some Observations." InScandinavian Studies: Essays Presented to Dr. Henry Goddard Leach on the Occasion ofHis Eighty-Fifth Birthday, ed. Carl F. Bayerschmidt and Erik J. Friis. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1965.Hoskuldsson, Sveinn Skorri. "Gunnar Gunnarsson and Icelandic Folktales." InUr Dolum til Dala: GuSbrandur Vigfusson Centenary Essays, ed. Rory McTurk and Andrew Wawn. Leeds, U.K.: Leeds Studies in English, 1989.Jonas HallgrfmssonRingler, Dick.Bard of Iceland: Joonas Hallgrimsson, Poet and Scientist. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2002.Svava JakobsdottirMagnusson, Sigurdur A., and Dennis Auburn Hill. "The Icelandic Short Story."Scandinavian Studies49 (1977): 208-12.Halldor Kiljan LaxnessEysteinsson, AstråÖur. "Halldor Laxness and the Narrative of the Icelandic Novel."Scandinavica42 (2003): 47-66. GuÖmundsdottir, Gunnporunn. "Becoming a Writer: Halldor Laxness and the Memoir."Scandinavica42 (2003): 95-107. GuÖmundsson, Halldor. "In Search of the Most Precious Pearl: On the Life andWorks of Halldor Laxness."Scandinavica42 (2003): 29-45. Hallberg, Peter.Halldor Laxness. New York: Twayne, 1971.. "Halldor Laxness and the Icelandic Sagas."Leeds Studies in English13 (1982): 1-22.Hallmundsson, Hallberg. "Halldor Laxness and the Sagas of Modern Iceland."Georgia Review49, no. 1 (1995): 34-45.Magnusson, Magnus. "The Fish Can Sing: Translation and Reception of Halldor Laxness in the UK and USA."Scandinavica42 (2003): 13-28. Magnusson, Sigurdur A. "The World of Halldor Laxness."World Literature Today66 (1992): 457-63.Palsson, Hermann. "Beyond the Atom Station." InIdeas and Ideologies, ed. Sveinn Skorri Hoskuldsson. Reykjavik: University of Iceland, 1975.Talmor, Sascha. "Halldor Kiljan Laxness, the Bell of Iceland."European Legacy: Toward New Paradigm7, no. 5 (2002): 621-40.Thor VilhjaflmssonHallberg, Peter. "The One Who Sees: The Icelandic Writer Thor Vilhjalmsson."Books Abroad47 (1973): 54-59.