Author : Magnus Einarsson
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 14,23 MB
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1772823619
This third book in a series on Icelandic-Canadian folk literature features some 274 verses and poems (originals and translations) that reflect Icelandic immigrant life on the Prairies. They express love, philosophy of life, censure, or simply delight in the joys of daily living and are a uniquely revealing source of information about the emotional and intellectual life of Icelandic immigrants in Canada.
Author : Magnús Einarsson
Publisher : Hull, Quebec : Canadian Museum of Civilization
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 27,79 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9780660140292
The third book in a series on Icelandic-Canadian folk literature, Icelandic-Canadian Popular Verse features some 274 verses and poems (originals and translations) that reflect Icelandic immigrant life on the Prairies. Composed in Canada, these verses and poems convey the thoughts and experiences of Icelandic immigrants (who began arriving in Canada in the early 1870s) and their descendants. Occasional verses have been a part of Icelandic written and oral tradition for centuries. They can be used in any number of ways to express love, philosophy of life, censure, or simply delight in the joys of daily living. As such, these verses are a uniquely revealing source of information about the emotional and intellectual life of Icelandic immigrants in Canada. In addition, the book includes 20 photographs, an index of loanwords and phrases, and an index to poets' and storytellers' repertoires, as well as biographical information.
Author : Laurie K Bertram
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 28,67 MB
Release : 2020-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1442663014
A Viking statue, a coffee pot, a ghost story, and a controversial cake: What can the things that immigrants treasured tell us about their history? Between 1870 and 1914 almost one-quarter of Iceland’s population migrated to North America, forming enclaves in both the United States and Canada. This book examines the multi-sensory side of the immigrant past through rare photographs, interviews, artefacts, and early recipes. By revealing the hidden histories behind everyday traditions, The Viking Immigrants maps the transformation of Icelandic North American culture over a century and a half.
Author : Daisy L. Neijmann
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 14,95 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0886293170
This fascinating study explores a remarkable ethnic-Canadian literature in close textual and contextual terms for the first time. It lays a groundwork for future comparative research in the field of ethnic Canadian studies, and challenges assumptions about cultural identity and human experience of the "new."
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 1610 pages
File Size : 36,54 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Canada Imprints
ISBN :
Author : Magnus Einarsson
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 43,12 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1772823600
These 332 examples of Icelandic traditional poetry and other bound language include children’s rhymes, rigmaroles, riddles, lullabies and prayer verses; adult lore such as dance and drinking songs; religious and humorous poems; and proverbs and sayings. All texts are from a collection recorded in western Canada and North Dakota and Washington in the late 1960s.
Author : Daisy L. Neijmann
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 22,63 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0803233469
As complete a history as possible of the literature of Iceland.
Author : Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 27,47 MB
Release : 2023-04-14
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 177284022X
A celebration of cultural inheritance and the evolution of language. Mapping the language, literature, and history of Icelandic immigrants and their descendants, this collection, translated and expanded for English-speaking audiences, delivers a comprehensive overview of Icelandic linguistic and cultural heritage in North America. Drawn from the findings of a three-year study involving over two hundred participants from Manitoba, North Dakota, Saskatchewan, and the Pacific West Coast, Icelandic Heritage in North America reveals the durability and versatility of the Icelandic language. Editors Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, Höskuldur Thráinsson, and Úlfar Bragason bring together a range of interdisciplinary scholarship to investigate the endurance of the “Western Icelander.” Chapters delve into the literary works of Icelandic immigrant writers and interpret archival letters, newspapers, and journal entries to provide both qualitative and quantitative linguistic analyses and to mark significant cultural shifts between early settlement and today. Icelandic Heritage in North America offers an in-depth examination of Icelandic immigrant identity, linguistic evolution, and legacy.
Author : Edited by Butler Marian
Publisher :
Page : 1632 pages
File Size : 33,31 MB
Release : 2002-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780802049742
Containing more than 48000 titles, of which approximately 4000 have a 2001 imprint, the author and title index is extensively cross-referenced. It offers a complete directory of Canadian publishers available, listing the names and ISBN prefixes, as well as the street, e-mail and web addresses.
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Page : 956 pages
File Size : 21,30 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Canada
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