Gaelic Influence in Iceland
Author : Gísli Sigurðsson
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,44 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Celts
ISBN :
Gaelic Influence in Iceland
Author : Gísli Sigurðsson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,34 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Iceland
ISBN : 9789979544340
Book Description
Scholars of Old Icelandic generally agree that Icelandic literature was influenced by the Gaelic world where oral literature was highly developed and written prose sagas were produced in the vernacular. Ireland and Iceland are the only countries in NW Europe where sagas of this kind were written down. The problem arises however when the importance of the influence on Icelandic culture has to be assessed. In this book, the author looks at the possible channels by which Gaelic influence could have reached Iceland and looks at the nature of the numerous parallels in different genres of Old Icelandic literature with Gaelic literature, especially Old Irish. The intention is twofold: first, to provide a comprehensive bibliography of the subject, and second, to assess what these parallels can tell us about the importance of Gaelic influence for Icelandic literary tradition. This is the 2nd revised edition, with a new preface, and new general introduction.
Iceland and the Immrama: An Enquiry into Irish Influence on Old Norse-Icelandic Voyage Literature
Author : Séamus Mac Mathúna
Publisher : utzverlag GmbH
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 15,93 MB
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3831647828
Book Description
The question of the extent of Gaelic influence on medieval Icelandic literature and culture has fascinated scholars for many years, especially the possible relationship between Irish voyage literature and Icelandic narratives concerning journeys to the Otherworld. This book provides a fresh examination and reappraisal of the topic. It compares the Irish [i]immrama[/i] ‘voyages’, including the greatly influential Hiberno-Latin text [i]Navigatio Sancti Brendani[/i] ‘The Voyage of Saint Brendan’, and [i]echtrai[/i] ‘otherworld adventures’ with the Icelandic [i]fornaldarsögur[/i] and related material, such as the voyages of Torkillus in Saxo’s [i]Gesta Danorum[/i]. It also assesses stories about Hvítramannaland, touches on similarities in folk narratives and examines the influence of Classical and Christian literature on the tales. In conclusion, the book makes proposals to account for the parallels and differences between the two traditions and is accompanied by an extensive bibliography and several indices.
Iceland – Ireland
Author :
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 19,60 MB
Release : 2022-02-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004505334
Book Description
This volume offers the first comparative account from contemporary and historical perspectives of Irish and Icelandic memory cultures and addresses the broader dynamics of trans-cultural memory that are surfaced in such comparative approaches of geographically peripheral islands.
Atlantic Outlooks on Being at Home
Author : Matthias Egeler
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,95 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Celts
ISBN : 9789514111259
Book Description
The Book of Settlements
Author :
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 29,5 MB
Release : 2007-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0887553702
Book Description
Iceland was the last country in Europe to become inhabited, and we know more about the beginnings and early history of Icelandic society than we do of any other in the Old World. This world was vividly recounted in The Book of Settlements, first compiled by the first Icelandic historians in the thirteenth century. It describes in detail individuals and daily life during the Icelandic Age of Settlement.
The Atlantic Celts
Author : Simon James
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 37,24 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780299166748
Book Description
The Celtic peoples of the British Isles hold a fundamental place in our national consciousness. In this book Simon James surveys ancient and modern ideas of the Celts and challenges them in the light of revolutionary new thinking on the Iron Age peoples of Britain. Examining how ethnic and national identities are constructed, he presents an alternative history of the British Isles, proposing that the idea of insular Celtic identity is really a product of the rise of nationalism in the eighteenth century. He considers whether the 'Celticness' of the British Isles is a romantic fantasy, even a politically dangerous falsification of history which has implications in the current debate on devolution and self-government for the Celtic regions.
A History of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth
Author : Jon Johannesson
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,8 MB
Release : 2007-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0887553311
Book Description
The founding of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth in 930 A.D. is one of the most significant events in the history of early Western Europe. This pioneering work of historiography provides a comprehensive history of Iceland from 870 A.D. to the end of the Commonwealth in 1262.
The Manuscripts of Iceland
Author : Gisli Sigur©ʻsson
Publisher : University of Iceland Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,46 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Books
ISBN : 9789979819882
Book Description
A comprehensive and profusely illustrated accompaniment to the exhibition The Manuscripts of Iceland which was organised by the Arni Magnusson Institute and opened in the Culture House in Reykjavik on October 5, 2002. In this collection of articles scholars present the story of Icelandic manuscripts, their medieval origins, the literature they contain and its influence up to the present day. The meeting of written Christian and classical culture with the rich oral traditions in Iceland brought forth a remarkable literary flowering, an eloquent source of information about pagan Scandinavian culture and thought. In time this literature came to inspire the sense of national character in the Nordic countries and exerted notable influence in the German- and English- speaking worlds. This book is a tribute to the central role that medieval Icelandic literature played in forging national identities in Northern Europe.
Fluent in 3 Months
Author : Benny Lewis
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 48,78 MB
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 0062282700
Book Description
Benny Lewis, who speaks over ten languages—all self-taught—runs the largest language-learning blog in the world, Fluent In 3 Months. Lewis is a full-time "language hacker," someone who devotes all of his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World is a new blueprint for fast language learning. Lewis argues that you don't need a great memory or "the language gene" to learn a language quickly, and debunks a number of long-held beliefs, such as adults not being as good of language learners as children.
