Western Icelandic short stories / translated by Kirsten Wolf and Árný Hjaltadóttir.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

ʹArnʹy Hjaltadʹottir, 1950-

Wolf, Kirsten, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, Icelandic--Translations into English.

Short stories, Icelandic.

Short stories, Canadian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 p.)

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Man. : University of Manitoba Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This selection of Western Icelandic writings, the first of its kind in English, represents a wide collection of first and second generation Icelandic-Canadian authors.The stories, first published between 1895 and 1930, are set mainly in North America (especially Manitoba). They reflect a weath of literary activity, from the numerous Western Icelandic newspapers and journals, to the reading circles and cultural and literary societies that supported them. The stories show a wide range of experiences and influences, including Old Norse Icelandic literature and romantic nationalism, but they also reveal the emergence of a literature that bears a unique cultural imprint.Western Icelandic Short Stories includes some of the best wirting from the period--- narrative, descriptive, comical, satirical, and serious. The stories may be read as much for enjoyment as for what they reveal about the Western Icelandic literary tradition.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Introduction

Stones for Bread

The Sentence

Fellow Students

'Greater Love Hath no man than this . . ."

At Low Tide

How i Defeated the Local Board

An Icelandic Giant

Álfur of Borg

Hávarður from Krókur

Motes in a Sun-Beam

In Days of Yore

When the Footprints Become Covered with Snow

Notes:

Translation of 12 Icelandic-Canadian stories originally published individually between 1895 and 1930.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613091376

9781283091374

1283091372

9780887553912

0887553915

OCLC:

243614128