Writings by Western Icelandic women / edited and translated by Kirsten Wolf.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wolf, Kirsten, 1959- editor, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Icelandic literature--Canada--Women authors.

Icelandic literature.

Canadian literature--Women authors.

Canadian literature.

Icelandic literature--Translations into English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There are two Icelands. One is the island in the North Sea, occupied since before the arrival of the Vikings. The other is "Western Iceland," the communities throughout North America, settled by Icelandic immigrants in the 19th and 20th centuries, and still maintaining strong ties to their mother country. While the prominent role of women in the development of Western Iceland has long been acknowledged, there is little recognition of their contribution to its literary life.This collection of short stories and poems spans 75 years of writings. It includes translated work by little-known authors such as Undina - "a modest poet," as well as works in English by prominent writers such as Laura Goodman Salverson, twice a winner of the Governor-General's Award. From the hopefulness of the early immigration in the 1870s to the conflict of assimilation in the 1950s, the pieces reflect a range of experiences common to immigrant women from many cultures.Writings by Western Icelandic Women includes many works translated for the first time from their original Icelandic, and rescues from obscurity the voices and experiences of women as they struggled in a new country. It offers insight into the many obstacles, both personal and professional, that faced these pioneering writers. An introduction by Kirsten Wolf provides a literary and historical context, and is complemented by photographs and brief author biographies.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Undína

Júlíana Jónsdóttir

Torfhildur Porsteinsdóttir Holm

Margrjet J. Benedictsson

Gu∂rún H. Finnsdóttir

Arnrún from Fell

Rannveig K.G. Sigbjörnsson

Jakobína Johnson

Helen Sveinbjörnsson

Laura Goodman Salverson

Notes:

"This collection of short stories and poems by Western Icelandic women writers spans almost a century of writing, from the emigration and settlement of Icelanders in the early 1870s to their assimilation into North American culture in the 1950s and 1960s, and includes works by both Icelandic-writing (in translation) and English-writing authors" --Intro.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613091444

9781283091442

1283091445

9780887553981

0887553982

OCLC:

243614123