Marcel Krueger: Iceland | Buch

Cover: 9781788311489 | Iceland | A Literary Guide for Travellers | Marcel Krueger | Buch

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Beschreibung

A guide to Iceland's rich literary heritage - from Norse witches to contemporary crime fiction.

Iceland is an island of multiple identities in constant flux, just like its unruly, volcanic ground. Shaped as much by storytelling as it is by tectonic activity, Iceland's literary heritage is one of Europe's richest - and most ancient.

Iceland: A Literary Guide for Travellers takes the literary-minded traveller (either in person or in an armchair) on a vivid and illuminating journey. It follows Iceland's many stories that have been passed down through the generations: told and retold by sheep farmers, psalm-writers, travelling reverends, independence fighters, scholars and hedonists.

From the captivating Norse myths, which continue to inspire contemporary authors such as A. S. Byatt, to gripping Scandinavian crime fiction and Game of Thrones, via Jules Verne and J. R. R. Tolkien, W. H. Auden and Seamus Heaney, Iceland's influence has spread far beyond its frozen shores.

Peopled by Norse maidens and witches, elves and outlaws, and taking the reader and traveller from Reykjavik and the Bay of Smokes to the remote Westfjords and desolate highlands, this is an enthralling portrait of the Land of Ice and Fire.

Über den Autor

Marcel Krueger

Zusammenfassung

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
About this book

Introduction

1 Reykjavík & Reykjanes: Urban Iceland
Bay of Smokes
Hafnarfjörður
Mosfellsbær
Keflavík & Reykjanes Peninsula
Akranes & Hvalfjörður
2 Western Region: Snorri Sturluson's Pool
3 Westfjords: Water & Witchcraft
4 Northwestern Region: Monsters & Executioners
5 Northeastern Region: Home of Poets
6 Eastern Region: Heavy Metal in the Fjord
7 Southern Region: Parliaments & Pirates
8 Highlands: Here Outlaws Dwell

Chronology of Events
Bibliography
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Genre:	Allgemeine Lexika
Rubrik:	Literaturwissenschaft
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9781788311489
ISBN-10:	1788311485
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Krueger, Marcel
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße:	205 x 133 x 22 mm
Von/Mit:	Marcel Krueger
Erscheinungsdatum:	19.03.2020
Gewicht:	0,279 kg