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Suggested Reading List and Bibliography
(also books used for this site, papers and language learning)
Courses to learn modern Icelandic:
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Summer Program contact: Susan Larson
The Sigurdur Nordal Institute, Reykjavik Iceland, Summer Program contact: Ulfar Bragason
Haskolans Islands, Islenska fyrir Utlendinga Program - three year BPhil in Icelandic
Books to aid in Learning Modern Icelandic
Einarsdottir, Audur; Theodorsdottir, Gudrun; Gardarsdottir, Maria; Porvaldsdottir, Sigridur: Learning Icelandic, Mal of Menning, Reykjavik, 2001.
Einarsdottir, Audur; Theodorsdottir, Gudrun; Gardarsdottir, Maria; Kristinsdottir, Sigridur; Porvaldsdottir, Sigridur: Malver: Islenska fyrir utlendinga, Hofundar, 1998.
Gislason, Jon; Porvaldsdottir, Sigridur Dagny, Malnotkun: Islenska fyrir utlendinga, Malvisindastofnum Haskola Islands, Reykjavik, 2000.
Gislason, Jon; Porvaldsdottir, Sigridur Dagny, Landsteinar: Textabok i islensku fyrir utlendinga, Malvisindastofnum Haskola Islands, Reykjavik, 1995.
Glendening, P.J.T., Icelandic, Teach Yourself Books, 1993 (?)
Grimsdottir, Vigdis, Gauti vinur minn, Idunn, Reykjavik, 1996.
Helgadottir, Gudrun, Astarsaga ur Fjollunum, Vaka-Helgafell, Reykjavik, 1999.
Holmarsson, Sverrir; Christopher Sanders; John Tucker: Islensk-Ensk Ordabok, Idunn, Reykjavik, 1989.
Jonsdottir, Margret, AEfingar: asamt fronsku, saensku og Pysku ordasafni og svorum vid aefingum vid bokina 'Islenska fyrir utlendinga' eftir Astu Svavarsdottir og Margreti Jonsdottir, Malvinsindastofnum Haskola Islands, Reykjavik, 1993.
Kristinsson, Ari Pall, The Pronunciation of Modern Icelandic, Malvisindastofnum Haskola Islands, Reykjavik, 1988 Third Edition.
Sigurdardottir, Ingibjorg, Blomin a Pakinu, Mal og Menning, Denmark, 1985.
Skaptason, Jon (ritsjori), Ensk-Islensk Skolaordabok, Mal og Menning, 2000.
Svavarsdottir, Asta, AEfingar: med enskum glosum og leidrettingalyklum vid bokina 'islenska fyrir utlendinga' eftir Astu Svavarsdottir og Margreti Jonsdottir, Malvisindastofnum Haskola Islands, Reykjavik, 1993.
Svavarsdottir, Asta; Jonsdottir, Margret: Islenska fyrir Utlendinga, Malvisindastofnum Haskola Islands, Reykjavik, 1998.
Svavarsdottir, Gigja; Halldorsson, Gunnar Porsteinn: Sagnord i islensku: Lesbok, 2000.
Svavarsdottir, Gigja; Halldorsson, Gunnar Porsteinn: Sagnord i islensku: Vinnubok, 2000.
Taylor, Arnold R. Icelandic-English/ English-Icelandic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, NY 1990.
Books to Aid Learning Old Norse
Gordon, E.V. An Introduction to Old Norse, Oxford University Press, Second Edition 1956 (?)
Sagas in Translation
Byock, Jesse, The Saga of the Volsungs, Penguin Books, NY 1990.
Faulkes, Anthony, Edda, Everyman, 1998.
Hollander, Lee, Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway. University of Texas Press, 1964.
Johnston, George, The Saga of Gisli, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1963.
Larrington, Carolyne, The Poetic Edda, Oxford University Press, NY 1996.
Palsson, Hermann; Edwards, Paul, Egil's Saga, Penguin Books, NY 1976.
Palsson, Hermann; Edwards, Paul, Seven Viking Romances, Penguin Books, NY 1985.
Palsson, Hermann; Fox, Denton, Grettir's Saga, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1974.
Palsson, Hermann, Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Stories, Penguin Books, NY 1971.
Palsson, Hermann; Magnusson, Magnus, The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America, Penguin Books, NY 1965.
Palsson, Hermann; Magnusson, Magnus, Njal's Saga, Penguin Books, NY 1960.
Palsson, Hermann; Magnusson, Magnus, Laxdaela Saga, Penguin Books, NY 1969.
Young, Jean I., The Prose Edda, University of California Press, Berkely and LA, 1954.
Sagas in Old Norse (these were hard to figure out the bibliographical info)
Islenzk Fornrit, I Bindi: Islendingabok og Landnamabok, Hid Islenska Fornritafelag, Reykjavik, MCMLXXXVI
Islenzk Fornrit, II Bindi: Egils Saga, Hid Islenska Fornritafelag, Reykjavik, MCMXXXIII
Islenzk Fornrit, III Bindi: Borgfirdinga Sogur, Hid Islenska Fornritafelag, Reykjavik, MCMXXXVIII
Islenzk Fornrit, IVBindi: Eyrbyggja Saga, Hid Islenska Fornritafelag, Reykjavik, MCMXXXV
Islenzk Fornrit, V Bindi: Laxdaela Saga, Hid Islenska Fornritafelag, Reykjavik, MCMXXXIV
Islenzk Fornrit, VI Bindi: Vestfirdinga Sogur, Hid Islenska Fornritafelag, Reykjavik, MCMXL
Islenzk Fornrit, VII Bindi: Grettis Saga, Hid Islenska Fornritafelag, Reykjavik, MCMXXXVI
Islenzk Fornrit, X Bindi: Ljosvetninga Saga, Hid Islenska Fornritafelag, Reykjavik, MCMXL
Islenzk Fornrit, XXII Bindi: Brennu-Njals Saga, Hid Islenska Fornritafelag, Reykjavik, MCMLIV
Islenzk Fornrit, XXXIV Bindi: Orkneyinga Saga, Hid Islenska Fornritafelag, Reykjavik, MCMLXV
Jonsson, Gudni (editor?) Sturlunga Saga I, II, III Offsetmyndir SF. 1981
Modern Icelandic Literature
Laxness, Halldor, (translator: J. A. Thompson) Independent People, Alfred A. Knopf Inc. NY 1946.
Laxness, Halldor (translator: Magnus Magnusson) The Fish Can Sing, The Harvill Press, London, 2000.
Laxness, Halldor, Heimljos, Vaka-Helgafell, Reykjavik, 1990.
Laxness, Halldor, (translator: Magnus, Magnusson) The Atom Station, Second Chance Press, NY 1982.
Books on Culture and History of Iceland
Byock, Jesse, Feud in the Icelandic Saga, University of California Press, Los Angeles, 1982.
Byock, Jesse, Medieval Iceland: Soceity, Sagas and Power, University of California Press, Los Angeles, 1988.
Cotterell, Arthur, Norse Mythology, Lorenz Books, London, 2000.
Davidson, H. R. Ellis, Gods and Myth of Northern Europe, Peguin Books, 1964.
Einarsson, Stefan, A History of Icelandic Literature, New York: The John Hopkins Press, 1957.
Fitzhugh, William; Ward, Elisabeth: Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 2000.
Gjerset, Knut, History of Iceland, New York: The Macmillian Company, 1925.
Hastrup, Kirsten, A Place Apart: An Anthropological Study of the Icelandic World, Claredon Press, Oxford, 1998.
Hastrup, Kirsten, Culture and History in Medieval Iceland: An Anthropological Analysis of Structure and Change, Claredon Press, Oxford, 1985.
Jones, Gwyn, The Norse Atlantic Saga, Oxford University Press, London, 1964.
Karlsson, Gunnar, The History of Iceland, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 2000.
Lacy, Terry G., Ring of Seasons: Iceland - It's Culture and History, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1998.
Roberts, David (photos by Krakauer, Jon): Iceland: Land of the Sagas, Villard, NY, 1990.
Bits and Pieces:
Articles (not all are properaly annotated because they are newspaper clippings and I don't have all the info)
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'Who needs Fish? Villagers in Iceland cast bets on the Net' by Almar Latour [Wall Street Journal, Tuesday August 1, 2000, pg. A18]
'Iceland: Land of the ice horses' by Tory Haiss [Boston Sunday Globe, November 12, 2000 L1]
National Geographic, May 2000 Vol. 197, No. 5 "In Search of Vikings" pg. 2-27
Scandinavian Mythology: German 365 U MASS Amherst: Frank Hugus Fall 2000 Course Packet
Vikings and the New World, The Culture House, Reykjavik
Byock, Jesse, "Egil's Bones" http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/rialto/Egils-saga.html
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** Here is an article of what an "american" knows and thinks about Iceland**
"The Iceman Cometh" by Brian Lohnes
The Massachuesetts Daily College, Amherst MA Vol. CVII Issue 99, Thursday March 15, 2001 pg. 4
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