{"product_id":"a-history-of-icelandic-literature-9781421435459","title":"A History of Icelandic Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1957. Stefan 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Eddic Poetry\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Skaldic Poetry\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Sacred Poetry\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Secular Poetry of the Later Middle Ages\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Literature of the Clergy\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The Earliest Histiographies\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. The Kings' Sagas\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. The Sagas\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Family Sagas\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Sturlunga Saga\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Fornaldar Sögur\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. Romances of Chivalry and Lygi Sögur\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. The Reformation\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. The Icelandic Renaissance\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. Secular Poetry, 1550 - 1750\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. Enlightenment (Neo-Classicism), 1750 - 1830\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. National Romanticism, 1830 - 1874\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18. Realism to Neo-Romanticism, 1874 - 1918\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19. Tradition and Revolt Between the World Wars, 1918 - 1940\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20. After World War II, 1940 - 1956\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21. American-Icelandic Writers\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eOn Pronunciation\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408135397719,"sku":"9781421435459","price":38.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-history-of-icelandic-literature-9781421435459","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}