Icelandic Voice in Canadian Letters : The Contribution of Icelandic-Canadian Writers to Canadian Literature.
Neijmann, Daisy.
Icelandic Voice in Canadian Letters : The Contribution of Icelandic-Canadian Writers to Canadian Literature. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (453 pages) - Nordic Voices Series ; v.1 . - Nordic Voices Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I: Omnia Mea Mecum Porto: Literary History and Background of the Icelanders -- Introduction -- Medieval Iceland and the dynamics of immigration -- Old Icelandic poetry -- Old Icelandic prose -- Post-Medieval Icelandic literature -- The Reformation and its literary influences -- Religious poetry: Hallgrímur Pétursson -- Religious prose: Jón Vídalín -- Secular poetry: rímur -- Secular prose: folk tales -- Characteristics of Icelandic folk tales -- Creatures of the wilderness: huldufólk, trolls and outlaws -- II: The Search For Vínland the Good: Emigration and Settlement in the New World -- The nineteenth century: Romanticism and national revival -- The Romantic movement in Iceland -- The national situation -- Emigration and settlement in the New World -- Emigration -- The year in Ontario -- The founding of New Iceland -- The preservation of Icelandic culture and identity during the first decades -- III: "Without a poet you and yours / will disappear and leave no trace": Icelandic Immigrant Literature -- Introduction -- Western Icelandic poetry -- Káinn -- Stephan G. Stephansson -- Guttormur J. Guttormsson -- Western Icelandic Prose -- Jóhann Magnús Bjarnason -- Guðrún H. Finnsdóttir -- The move from Icelandic to English: Laura Goodman Salverson -- Literary pioneer or minor immigrant writer? -- Salverson and the Western Icelandic tradition -- Salverson and Canadian literature -- IV: "Your pen is yet a power in your hands": Icelandic-Canadian Literature in English -- Canadian and Icelandic-Canadian literature 1940-1970 -- Canadian poetry -- Canadian fiction -- Icelandic-Canadian literature -- Contemporary Icelandic-Canadian writing: Thematic and stylistic concerns -- The thematic role of ethnic heritage -- Style -- Theme and outlook -- Documentation -- Myth and myth-making in the New World. The role of Norse mythology -- Mythical figures: The hero, the outcast and the trickster -- Other mythic themes: Fatalism and sacrifice -- Myths of time and place -- Story-telling and myth-making -- Concluding remarks -- V: The Icelandic Tile in the Canadian Mosaic: Icelandic-Canadian Literature and Canadian Multiculturalism -- Multiculturalism in Canada -- The Icelandic Canadians as an ethnic group in Canada -- Icelandic-Canadian literature and the Canadian mosaic -- The Icelandic-Canadian Contribution -- Selected Bibliography of Western Icelandic Icelandic-Canadian Literature -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
No detailed description available for "Icelandic Voice in Canadian Letters".
9780773583641
Authors, Icelandic-Canada.
Authors, Canadian.
Canadian literature.
Electronic books.
PR9188.2.I24 N45 1997
Icelandic Voice in Canadian Letters : The Contribution of Icelandic-Canadian Writers to Canadian Literature. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (453 pages) - Nordic Voices Series ; v.1 . - Nordic Voices Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- I: Omnia Mea Mecum Porto: Literary History and Background of the Icelanders -- Introduction -- Medieval Iceland and the dynamics of immigration -- Old Icelandic poetry -- Old Icelandic prose -- Post-Medieval Icelandic literature -- The Reformation and its literary influences -- Religious poetry: Hallgrímur Pétursson -- Religious prose: Jón Vídalín -- Secular poetry: rímur -- Secular prose: folk tales -- Characteristics of Icelandic folk tales -- Creatures of the wilderness: huldufólk, trolls and outlaws -- II: The Search For Vínland the Good: Emigration and Settlement in the New World -- The nineteenth century: Romanticism and national revival -- The Romantic movement in Iceland -- The national situation -- Emigration and settlement in the New World -- Emigration -- The year in Ontario -- The founding of New Iceland -- The preservation of Icelandic culture and identity during the first decades -- III: "Without a poet you and yours / will disappear and leave no trace": Icelandic Immigrant Literature -- Introduction -- Western Icelandic poetry -- Káinn -- Stephan G. Stephansson -- Guttormur J. Guttormsson -- Western Icelandic Prose -- Jóhann Magnús Bjarnason -- Guðrún H. Finnsdóttir -- The move from Icelandic to English: Laura Goodman Salverson -- Literary pioneer or minor immigrant writer? -- Salverson and the Western Icelandic tradition -- Salverson and Canadian literature -- IV: "Your pen is yet a power in your hands": Icelandic-Canadian Literature in English -- Canadian and Icelandic-Canadian literature 1940-1970 -- Canadian poetry -- Canadian fiction -- Icelandic-Canadian literature -- Contemporary Icelandic-Canadian writing: Thematic and stylistic concerns -- The thematic role of ethnic heritage -- Style -- Theme and outlook -- Documentation -- Myth and myth-making in the New World. The role of Norse mythology -- Mythical figures: The hero, the outcast and the trickster -- Other mythic themes: Fatalism and sacrifice -- Myths of time and place -- Story-telling and myth-making -- Concluding remarks -- V: The Icelandic Tile in the Canadian Mosaic: Icelandic-Canadian Literature and Canadian Multiculturalism -- Multiculturalism in Canada -- The Icelandic Canadians as an ethnic group in Canada -- Icelandic-Canadian literature and the Canadian mosaic -- The Icelandic-Canadian Contribution -- Selected Bibliography of Western Icelandic Icelandic-Canadian Literature -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
No detailed description available for "Icelandic Voice in Canadian Letters".
9780773583641
Authors, Icelandic-Canada.
Authors, Canadian.
Canadian literature.
Electronic books.
PR9188.2.I24 N45 1997