Icelandic Journals

Author : William Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781300868866
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Icelandic Journals written by William Morris and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-24 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Morris was plump, unfit and relatively untravelled but his enthusiasm, grit and phenomenal eye for detail sustained him for six weeks in 1871 and a further two in 1873 through 'the most romantic of all deserts'. He kept very few diaries and the Icelandic Journals are the most complete. Written daily, in pencil, in small black-covered notebooks, they are unguarded, spontaneous and by turn discouraged and excited. He records wild flowers and wilder landscapes, spectacular sunsets, vast expanses of lava, magnificent waterfalls, dangerous tracks and rivers. He grew to love his indomitable ponies, bringing one back to England for his daughters. And he loved the Icelanders: priests, farmers, scholars and children. Their kindness, generosity and hospitality - despite their poverty - moved him greatly and had a profound effect on his political thinking. His journey included visits to many of the main Saga sites - a route that is still followed by lovers of Iceland and William Morris.

Author : William Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Icelandic Journals written by William Morris and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He observes their crops, including the constant presence of angelica in their gardens, though he never finds what it is for. Their kindness, generosity and hospitality despite common poverty moved him greatly; the Icelandic experience had a profound influence on his political thinking: 'the most grinding poverty is a trifling evil compared to the inequality of classes'. Morris had translated several Sagas by 1871 and was teaching himself Icelandic. His journey, with his co-translator, Eirikr Magnusson, was routed around many of the main Saga sites - a journey that is still taken by lovers of Iceland and William Morris.

Author : Anna Agnarsdóttir
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351899953
Total Pages : 863 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic 1772-1820 / Journals, Letters and Documents written by Anna Agnarsdóttir and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 863 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Joseph Banks was one of the great figures of Georgian England, best known for participating as naturalist in Cook's Endeavour voyage (1768-71), as a patron of science and as the longest-serving President of the Royal Society (1778-1820). This volume brings together all Banks's papers concerning Iceland and the North Atlantic, scattered in repositories in Britain, the United States, Australia and Denmark, and most published here for the first time. A detailed introduction places them in historical context.

Author : William Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Icelandic Journals written by William Morris and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stefán Einarsson
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421435462
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Icelandic Literature written by Stefán Einarsson and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2019-12-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1957. Stefán Einarsson covers almost a thousand years of Icelandic literature in tracing the influence of the sagas and eddic poems. The book begins with background on Icelandic literature, outlining its literary roots in Scandinavia. Following this, Einarsson provides a thorough survey of Icelandic literature through the 1950s.

Author : Alice Selby
Publisher : Viking Society for Northern Research University College
ISBN 13 : 9780903521048
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Icelandic Journal written by Alice Selby and published by Viking Society for Northern Research University College. This book was released on 1974 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lauren Kotwal
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781798955895
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iceland Travel Activity Book and Journal written by Lauren Kotwal and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you planning a family trip and want to help your kids learn about where you are going AND help them stay engaged while you are there? Or do your kids want to learn about this amazing country from the comfort of your home? This Iceland kids book has got you covered! This book includes information the history, culture, mythology, natural environment, and places to visit around Iceland. Not only are there fun facts and information, but also activities for kids to do on almost every page. Need something to occupy them while out to eat? Pull this out, read about what you'll seeing next, and then hand it over and watch them play and color. There are also journal pages where they can draw and/or write about the things they are doing, seeing, and eating along the way creating a keepsake that they can look back on for years. This book is great for ages 4-8, but is also good for kids that are younger or older! This 8.5x11 book is paperback, making it lightweight and easy to pack with you on your adventures. Follow Family A Go Go (family_a_go_go) on Instagram to see what we are working on and where we are traveling!

Author : Árni Heimir Ingólfsson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253044081
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland written by Árni Heimir Ingólfsson and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2019-09-27 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the influential Icelandic composer’s career and his work. In Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland, Árni Heimir Ingólfsson provides a striking account of the dramatic career of Iceland’s iconic composer. Leifs (1899–1968) was the first Icelander to devote himself fully to composition at a time when a local music scene was only beginning to take form. He was a fervent nationalist in his art, fashioning an idiosyncratic and uncompromising “Icelandic” sound from traditions of vernacular music with the aim to legitimize Iceland as an independent, culturally empowered nation. In addition to exploring Leifs’s career, Ingólfsson provides detailed descriptions of Leifs’s major works and their cultural contexts. Leifs’s music was inspired by the Icelandic landscape and includes auditory depictions of volcanos, geysers, and waterfalls. The raw quality of his orchestral music is frequently enhanced by an expansive percussion section, including anvils, stones, sirens, bells, ships’ chains, shotguns, and cannons. Largely neglected in his own lifetime, Leifs’s music has been rediscovered in recent years and hailed as a singular and deeply original contribution to twentieth-century music. Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland enriches our understanding and appreciation of Leifs and his music by exploring the political, literary and environmental contexts that influenced his work. “Composers of fearsome originality seldom have an easy path in the world. Jón Leifs, who translated the landscapes and legends of Iceland into sound, comes vividly to life in this brilliant, panoramic biography, his myriad personal and political conflicts delineated with clarity and candor. A major twentieth-century figure at last receives his due.” —Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker and author of The Rest Is Noise “Jón Leifs was the first major Icelandic composer and it is insane that most of his pieces were not performed or recorded until recently. His works were almost just a myth to us Icelanders and therefore this book is so magnificently important. . . . This book is incredibly well written and Árni Heimir’s analysis of the music is deeply satisfying. I listened to each work as it was being discussed, which turned the experience from black and white to color! An extraordinary achievement!” —Björk, singer/songwriter

Author : William Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Collected Works of William Morris: Journals of travel in Iceland. 1871. 1873 written by William Morris and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: