Iceland 1930

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Identifikator:: 1830571079

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-221162

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Iceland 1930

Edition:: 2. ed.

Place of publication:: Reykjavík

Publisher:: Ríkisprentsmiđjan Gutenberg

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: 193 S.; Tab., Kt., Taf.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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141 occasional poetry. His poems were not published in book form till after his death. Thorarensen seldom employs intricate metres, but his best poems are replete with inspiration, profound wisdom. and weird power akin to that of Eddic lays. Sveinbjérn Egilsson, D.D. (1791—1852) head-master of the Grammar School in Reykjavik, a renowned classical scholar, wrote some very good poetry, though not of the highest order. But his brilliant prose translations of Homer are of an unsurpassable beauty of style. Hjslmar Jénsson (Bélu-Hjilmar) (1796—1875) is a remarkable ex- ample of a great poetical talent, which even the worst fate cannot quell. Born and bred in utter poverty and living for many years as a farmer unpopular and misunderstood by his neighbours, he yet ma- naged to acquire considerable culture; and his poetical genius, his com- mand of language, and his stern and steely temper are such, that his poems, which to a great extent consist of satirical verses and com- plaints of his hard fate, are among the most powerful poetical com- positions in our language. Sigurdur Breidfiord (1798—1846), was another peasant bard whose life was no bed of roses. He learned fo be cooper in Copenhagen and followed that trade in Greenland for some time, but never settled down permanently anywhere. Breidfjord was our greatest writer of vimur, and, though sometimes a careless worker, many of his rimur are really good. He has also written a great number of poems and ditties remarkable for their sweetness and beauty, especially the pieces descriptive of his country’s nature, which are inspired by a pure, ten- der and almost child-like delight in natural scenery. Jénas Hallgrimsson (1807 —1845), naturalist, is perhaps the most popular and most influential of Icelandic poets of the nineteenth cen- tury. This is due to his deep appreciation of the grandeur and beauty of Icelandic scenery, his sincere patriotism. his tenderness of touch and unrivalled beauty of language. Grimur Thomsen (1820—1896) Ph.D., was for a number of years in the Danish foreign office and diplomacy, but during the last thirty years of his life he lived in Iceland, as a farmer at BessastaBir. In spite of his cosmopolitan culture he was an Icelander to the core, both in thought and expression, .and in his poetry he has given us power- ful and vivid pictures of persons and events. drawn from our sagas and tales. Benedikt Gréndal (1826—1907), son of Sveinbjérn Eagilsson, was a versatile writer, a man of brilliant parts, and a fertile but unre-

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