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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[44 future. He can depict with equal happiness the stir and bustle of the great ship-yard and the graceful motion of the Spanish danseuse, the orchestra of the concert hall and the racing speed of the clean-built boat at a regatta. His descriptions of scenery, whether foreign or Ice- landic, and his portraitures of men are instinct with individual life and vigour. Every natural phenomenon, — the Echo, the Fata Mor- gana, the Snow, the Polar lce — all receive a deeper meaning. Bene- diktsson’s language is trenchant, his style imposing and stately, Had he written in the language of a great nation and not in that of the old Thor and Odin, he would certainly by this time be a world-fa- mous poet, Of religious poets of the nineteenth century the Rew. Valdimar Briem (1848—), D.D. honoris causa at the university of Reykjavik, and Vice-bishop of Skalholt diocese since 1909, must especially be mentioned here. Besides his “Bibliuljé3“ (portions of the Bible worked into metrical form) in two big volumes and some other smaller works, he has given us a number of hymns, many of which are among the most cherished of those contained in the hvmnal of the Established Church of Iceland. [ cannot within the space allowed me here mention all the younger poets who are worthy of being mentioned. A few names must suffice to show that Icelandic poetry is still flourishing and exuberant: Bjarni Jénsson fra Vogi (7 1927); Thorsteinn Gislason; Gudm. Fridjénsson; Gudm. Gudmundsson {7 1919); Sigfis Bléndal; Gum. Magnéisson (t 1918); Jénas Gubdlaugsson (7 1916); SigurBur SigurDsson fra Arn- arholti; Jakob Thorarensen; Stefan fra Huvitadal; Jakob Jéh. Smari; David Stefdnsson frd Fagraskégi; Jén Magniisson; and Jéhannes ir Kétlum. — Mrs. Olof Sigurdardéttir; Mrs. Th. Thoroddsen; the sisters Miss Olina and Mrs. Herds Andrésdetur; and Mrs. Unnur Bjarklind (Pseudonym Hulda), have all earned considerable reputation for their poetry, and more especiallv for having revived and polished the old rhapsodies. Of Icelandic-American poets the following may be mentioned: Kristinn Stefansson (1856—1916); Jéhann Magnis Bjarnason; Kristj- in N. Jdlius; Guttormur J. Guitormsson; Porsteinn b. Porsteinsson; Einar P. J6nsson; and Mrs. Jakobina Johnson. PROSE The most original literary achievements of the Icelanders are the Sagas, the earliest written monuments of which date from about 1130;

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