Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Middle Ages, Vésteinn Ólason and Sverrir Tómasson -- Old Icelandic Poetry: Vésteinn Ólason -- Old Icelandic Prose: Sverrir Tómasson -- 2. From Reformation to Enlightenment, Margrét Eggertsdóttir -- 3. From Romanticism to Realism, Pórir Óskarsson -- 4. From Realism to Neoromanticism, Guoni Elísson -- 5. Realism and Revolt: Between the World Wars, Jón Yngvi Jóhannsson -- 6. Icelandic Prose Literature, 1940-2000, Ástráour Eysteinsson and Úlfhildur Dagsdóttir -- Icelandic Prose Literature, 1940-1980, Ástrádur Eysteinsson -- Icelandic Prose Literature, 1980-2000, Ástrádur Eysteinsson and Úlfhildur Dagsdóttir -- 7. Icelandic Poetry since 1940, Eysteinn Porvaldsson -- 8. Searching for Herself: Female Experience and Female Tradition in Icelandic Literature, Helga Kress -- 9. Icelandic Theater, Árni Ibsen and Hávar Sigurjónsson -- Icelandic Theater, 1790-1975: Árni Ibsen -- Icelandic Theater since 1975: Hávar Sigurjónsson -- 10. Icelandic Children's Literature, 1780-2000, Silja Adalsteinsdóttir -- 11. Icelandic Canadian Literature, Daisy Neijmann -- Bibliography -- The Contributors -- Index
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