An Annotated Bibliography Of North American Doctoral Dissertations On Old Norse Icelandic

Author : Kirsten Wolf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015042161326

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An Annotated Bibliography of North American Doctoral Dissertations on Old Norse-Icelandic by Kirsten Wolf Pdf

Kirsten Wolf's annotated bibliographical survey of doctoral dissertations written at North American institutions of higher learning, and treating topics pertaining to Old Norse-Icelandic language, literature, and culture, provides a new tool for basic research. It also offers insight into trends and tendencies in scholarship within the field of Old Norse-Icelandic in the United States and Canada from the last decades of the nineteenth century, when the first doctoral dissertations in the field appeared, to late 1995. Specifically, it demonstrates a gradual shift from studies in language and style, firmly rooted in Germanic philology, to anthropological studies and literary analyses of individual works or themes. Author, director, and institution indices appear at the end of the volume. To facilitate research, Wolf provides a subject index that includes not only titles of works and proper names but also concepts.

Author : Sverrir Jakobsson,Gudmundur Halfdanarson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442262911

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Historical Dictionary of Iceland by Sverrir Jakobsson,Gudmundur Halfdanarson Pdf

Iceland demonstrates most of the characteristics of a modern liberal democracy. It has maintained political stability through a democratic process which enjoys universal legitimacy. Rapid economic modernization has also secured its inhabitants one of the highest living standards in the world, and a comprehensive and highly developed health system has ensured them longevity and one of the lowest rates of infant mortality in the world. Icelanders face, however, formidable challenges in maintaining their status as an independent nation. First, the Icelandic economy is fairly fragile, as overexploitation threatens the fish stocks that remain among Iceland’s principal economic resources. Second, the country is rich in unused energy resources, because many of its rivers are still not harnessed, and geothermal power is abundant. But using these resources will necessarily damage the pristine nature of the country, forcing the politicians and the Icelandic public to choose between environmental protection and industrial expansion. Finally, it remains to be seen if a country with just over 329.740 inhabitants will be able to manage its foreign relations in a complex and constantly changing world. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Iceland contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Iceland.

Author : Gudmundur Halfdanarson
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810872080

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The A to Z of Iceland by Gudmundur Halfdanarson Pdf

While Iceland is the second largest inhabited island in Europe, with only 313,000 inhabitants in 2007, the Icelanders form one of the smallest independent nations in the world. Around two-thirds of the population lives in the capital, Reykjavík, and its suburbs, while the rest is spread around the inhabitable area of the country. Until fairly recently the Icelandic nation was unusually homogeneous, both in cultural and religious terms; in 1981, around 98 percent of the nation was born in Iceland and 96 percent belonged to the Lutheran state church or other Lutheran religious sects. In 2007, these numbers were down to 89 and 86 percent respectively, reflecting the rapidly growing multicultural nature of Icelandic society. The A to Z of Iceland traces Iceland's history and provides a compass for the direction the country is heading. This is done through its chronology, introductory essays, appendixes, map, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions and significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects.

Author : Michael Lapidge,Malcolm Godden,Simon Keynes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0521813441

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Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 32 by Michael Lapidge,Malcolm Godden,Simon Keynes Pdf

Throughout the centuries of its existence, Anglo-Saxon society was highly, if not widely, literate: it was a society the functioning of which depended very largely on the written word. All the essays in this volume throw light on the literacy of Anglo-Saxon England, from the writs which were used as the instruments of government from the eleventh century onwards, to the normative texts which regulated the lives of Benedictine monks and nuns, to the runes stamped on an Anglo-Saxon coin, to the pseudorunes which deliver the coded message of a man to his lover in a well-known Old English poem, to the mysterious writing on an amulet which was apparently worn by a religious for a personal protection from the devil. The usual comprehensive bibliography of the previous year's publications in all branches of Anglo-Saxon studies rounds off the book.

Author : Michael Dallapiazza
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110003774

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International Scandinavian and Medieval Studies in Memory of Gerd Wolfgang Weber by Michael Dallapiazza Pdf

Author : Andy Orchard
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780859917667

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A Critical Companion to Beowulf by Andy Orchard Pdf

This is a complete guide to the text and context of the most famous Old English poem. In this book, the specific roles of selcted individual characters, both major and minor, are assessed.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Alliteration
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113443662

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A Bibliography of Germanic Alliterative Meters by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Best books
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120944645

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Bowker's Best Reference Books: Author index. Title index by Anonim Pdf

Contains approximately 20,000 mostly English language sources for academic libraries of all sizes.

Author : R R Bowker Publishing
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1312 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1999-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0835240878

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American Book Publishing Record Cumulative 1998 by R R Bowker Publishing Pdf

Author : Elias Bredsdorff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Scandinavia
ISBN : UOM:39015073524541

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Scandinavica by Elias Bredsdorff Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Civilization, Medieval
ISBN : MINN:31951D01873539V

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International Medieval Bibliography by Anonim Pdf

Author : Hans Bekker-Nielsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1442651814

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Old Norse-icelandic Studies by Hans Bekker-Nielsen Pdf

An annotated bibliography of Old Norse-Icelandic studies for the years 1981-83, offering a quick guide to recent work.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1520 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Books
ISBN : UVA:X004667564

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Book Review Index by Anonim Pdf

Vols. 8-10 of the 1965-1984 master cumulation constitute a title index.

Author : Martin Syrett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Northmen
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113477405

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Scandinavian History in the Viking Age by Martin Syrett Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : UCSD:31822037943248

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The Writers Directory by Anonim Pdf