Writings by Western Icelandic women
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
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| Sprache: | English |
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Winnipeg, Man.
University of Manitoba Press
c1996
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| Online-Zugang: | DE-1046 DE-1047 Volltext |
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| Beschreibung: | "This collection of short stories and poems by Western Icelandic women writers spans almost a century of writing, from the emigration and settlement of Icelanders in the early 1870s to their assimilation into North American culture in the 1950s and 1960s, and includes works by both Icelandic-writing (in translation) and English-writing authors"--Introd. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 Includes bibliographical references Departure from Iceland ; Spring in the West ; My love for you ; Ode to the sun / Undina -- I remain ; Counsel for the heart ; To Iceland / Juliana Jonsdottir -- Two different marriages ; The hourglass -- The ABC and worldly wisdom / Torfhildur Porsteinsdottir Holm -- The wido -- They: a biography in a few words ; The messenger of peace / Margrjet J. Benedictsson -- Lost tracks ; Beyond the pale ; Not everything is as it seems / Gudrun H. Finnsdottir -- In old haunts ; Much do servants know ; Goody / Arnrun from Fell -- Havamal at Voo ; In the morning of life / Rannveig K.G. Sigbjornsson -- Dawn ; Candlelight ; I know of a bird ; Like seeds / Jakobina Johnson -- Cloth of gold ; The cabinet of curios ; Dream world / Helen Sveinbjornsson -- Hidden fire ; The greater gift ; When blind guides lead ; The Alabaster box / Laura Goodman Salverson |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 209 p.) |
| ISBN: | 0887553982 0887556418 9780887553981 9780887556418 |