Icelandic literature: Bibliography

See S. Einarsson, History of Icelandic Prose Writers, 1800–1940 (1948) and A History of Icelandic Literature (1957); R. Beck, History of Icelandic Poets, 1800–1940 (1950); G. Turville-Petre, Origins of Icelandic Literature (1953); G. Jones, ed., Erik the Red, and Other Icelandic Sagas (1961).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• The Twentieth Century
• The Creation of a Modern Icelandic Style
• The Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries
• Early Writings
• Bibliography

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