Bibliography I of IV · Annotated

New Works Inspired by Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

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Allen, Hervey. “Saga of Leif the Lucky.” The Bookman, vol. 58, no. 4, Dec. 1923, pp. 395-403.

Poem · English
A poem based on Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Anderson, Poul. Mother of Kings. Tor Books, 2001.

Novel · English
A novel based on Heimskringla and Egils saga written in English

Anderson, Poul. Hrolf Kraki’s Saga. Ballatine Books, 1973.

Novel · English
A novel based on Hrólfs saga kraka written in English

Arnold, Matthew. Balder Dead. 1855.

Poem · English
A poem based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in English

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Ballantyne, Robert Michael. The Norsemen in the West: or America before Columbus. James Nisbit, 1872.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Baring-Gould, Sabine. Grettir the Outlaw: A Story of Iceland. London: Blackie and Son, 1890.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grettis saga written in English

Bellows, Henry Adams. “The death-song of Egill the son of Grim.” Highland light and other poems. New York, 1921, pp. 45-53.

Poem · English
A poem based on Egils saga Skallagrímssonar written in English

Bellows, Henry Adams. “On an Icelandic Skald.” Highland light and other poems. New York, 1921, pp. 79.

Poem · English
A poem based on Egils saga Skallagrímssonar written in English

Berry, Francis. I Tell of Greenland. Routledge & Kegan Paul Books, 1977.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Bottomley, Gordon. The Riding to Lithend. Thomas B Mosher, 1910.

Drama · English
A drama based on Njáls saga written in English

Boyer, Elizabeth. Freydis and Gudrid. Veritie Press, 1976.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Burgess, Melvin. Bloodtide. Andersen Press, 1999.

Novel · English
A novel based on Völsunga saga written in English.

Burgess, Melvin. Bloodsong. Penguin, 2007.

Novel · English
A novel based on Völsunga saga written in English

Byatt, A. S. Ragnarok: The End of the Gods. London: CanonGate, 2011.

Novel · English
A novel based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in English

C

Chapin, Henry. Leif saga: a narrative poem of the Norse discoveries of America. Farrar & Rinehart, 1934.

Poem · English
A poem based on Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Clark, Joan. Eiriksdottir: A tale of dreams and luck. Penguin, 1993.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Clay, Beatrice E. Stories from the Saga of “Burnt Njál”. The Story of Gunnar. Horace Marshall & Son, 1907.

Novel · English
A novel based on Njáls saga written in English

Coxe, Maria M. Son oʼ the North: a saga of Leif the Lucky, and other verses. H. Vinal, 1930.

Poem · English
A poem based on Eiríks saga rauða written in English

E

Eddison, E. R. Styrbiorn the Strong. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011.

Novel · English
A novel based partly on Jómsvíkinga saga written in English.

Elfar Logi Hanneson. Grettir. The Black Hole Theatre (University of Manitoba), 2015.

Drama · English
One-man play based on Grettis saga performed in English

Elphinstone, Margaret. The Sea Road. Canongate, 2000.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

F

Foster, Paul. !Heimskringla!; or the Stoned Angels. Calder and Boyars, 1970.

Drama · English
A drama based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

French, Allen. The Story of Rolf and the Viking’s Bow. Little, Brown and Co., 1904.

Novel · English
A novel based on Orkneyinga saga written in English

French, Allen. Grettir the Strong. Little, Brown, and Co., 1906.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grettis saga written in English

French, Allen. Heroes of Iceland. Little, Brown, and Co., 1905.

Novel · English
A novel based on Njáls saga written in English

G

Gaiman, Neil. Norse Mythology. New York: W. W. Norton, 2017.

Novel · English
A novel based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in English

Gerður Kristný. Bloodhoof. Translated by Rory McTurk. Arc Pub., 2012.

Translation · English
An English translation of an Icelandic poem based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda

Gray, Thomas. The Descent of Odin. 1768.

Poem · English
A poem based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in English

Gray, Thomas. The Fatal Sisters. 1768.

Poem · English
A poem based on Njáls saga written in English

Green, W.C. “Two Sagas from Iceland (I. Gunnar’s Death. II. The Burning of Njal).” Blackwood’s Magazine, no. 147, 1890, pp. 103-14.

Poem · English
A poem based on Njáls saga written in English

Gunnar Gunnarsson. et al. The Sworn Brothers: A Tale of the Early Days of Iceland. A. A. Knopf, 1921.

Novel · English
A novel based on Landnámabók translated into English

Grundy, Stephan. Rheingold. Bantam Books, 1994.

Novel · English
A novel based on Völsunga saga translated into English

H

Haggard, H. Rider. The Saga of Eric Brighteyes. Hollywood, CA: Newcastle Publishing, 1974.

Novel · English
A novel based partly on outlaw sagas like Gísla saga and Grettis saga written in English

Haugaard, Erik Christian. Hakon of Rogen’s Saga. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1963.

Novel · English
A novel based partly on outlaw sagas like Gísla saga and Grettis saga written in English

Hanson, Lida (Siboni). Eric the Red. Doubleday, 1930.

Novel · English
A novel based on Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Harris, Joanne M. Runelight. New York: Random House, 2011.

Novel · English
A novel based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in English

Harris, Joanne M. The Gospel of Loki. Gollancz, 2014.

Novel · English
A novel based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in English

Harris, Joanne M. Runemarks. New York: Random House, 2017.

Novel · English
A novel based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in English

Harris, Joanne M. The Testament of Loki. Saga press, 2018.

Novel · English
A novel based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in English

Hewlett, Maurice. A Lover’s Tale. Ward, 1915.

Novel · English
A novel based on Kormáks saga written in English

Hewlett, Maurice. Frey and His Wife. Ward, 1916.

Novel · English
A novel based on Ögmundar þáttur dytts og Gunnars helmings written in English

Hewlett, Maurice. Thorgils of Treadholt. Ward, 1917.

Novel · English
A novel based on Flóamanna saga written in English

Hewlett, Maurice. Gudrid the Fair. Constable, 1918.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Hewlett, Maurice. The Outlaw. Constable, 1919.

Novel · English
A novel based on Gísla saga written in English

Hewlett, Maurice. The Light Heart. Chapman & Hall, 1920.

Novel · English
A novel based on Fóstbræðra saga written in English

Hodgetts, J. Fred. Edric the Norseman: A Tale of Adventure and Discovery. The Boy’s Own Paper, 1887-88.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Hodgetts, J. Fr. Kormak the Viking; or, The Shield-Borne Boy. The Boy’s Own Paper, 1885.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Hole, Richard. “The Tomb of Gunnar.” The Gentleman’s Magazine vol. 59, 1789, pp. 937.

Tale · English
A tale based on Njáls saga written in English

Hough, Clara Sharpe. Leif the Lucky. A Romantic Saga of the Sons of Erik the Red. Century, 1926.

Novel · English
A novel based on Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Howard, Newman. Kjartan the Icelander. A Tragedy. London, 1902

Drama · English
A drama based on Laxdæla saga written in English

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Irwin, Constance. Gudrid’s Saga. The Norse Settlement in America. A Documentary Novel. St. Martin’s Press, 1974.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

J

Janoda, Jeff. Saga: A Novel of Medieval Iceland. Chicago Review Press, 2005.

Novel · English
A novel based on Eyrbyggja saga written in English

Johnston, Robert G. Vinland: The Beginning. Robert G. Johnston, 2010.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

Johnston, Robert G. Vinland: The Ragnarök. Robert G. Johnston, 2011.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiriks saga rauða written in English

K

Kay, Guy Gavriel. 2004. The Last Light of the Sun. New York: Penguin.

Novel · English
A novel based partly on Jómsvíkinga saga written in English.

Kellett, E.E. The Passing of Scyld and other poems. London, 1902.

Poem · English
Poetry based on Eiríks saga rauða, Grænlendinga saga, Eyrbyggja saga, and Landnámabók written in English

L

Landor, Walter Savage. “Gunlaug and Helga.” Complete Works 13. Chapman & Hall, 1933.

Poem · English
A poem based on Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu written in English

Leighton, William. Kormak, an Icelandic Romance of the Tenth Century. Boston, 1861.

Poem · English
A poem based on Kormáks saga written in English

Liljencrantz, Ottilie Adelina. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days. A. C. McClurg, 1901.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga, Eiríks saga rauða, and Hávamál written in English

Liljencrantz, Ottilie Adelina. The Vinland champions. Appleton and Co., 1904.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Linklater, Eric. The Men of Ness: The Saga of Thorleif Coalbiter’s Sons. J. Cape, 1932.

Novel · English
A novel based on Orkneyinga saga written in English

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, “The Saga of King Olaf.” Tales of a Wayside Inn, 1863.

Poem · English
A poem based on Heimskringla written in English

Lucas, F. L. The Lovers of Gudrun: A Tragedy in Five Acts. Four Plays. Cambridge UP, 1935.

Drama · English
A drama based on Laxdæla saga written in English

M

Mackay Brown, George. Magnus. The Hogarth Press, 1973.

Novel · English
A novel based on Orkneyinga saga written in English

Mackay Brown, George. Vinland. John Murray/Polygon, 1992.

Novel · English
A novel written in English

MacNeice, Louis. “Eclogue from Iceland.” Letters from Iceland. 1937.

Poem · English
A poem partly based on Grettis saga written in English.

Malim, Herbert. Njal and Gunnar. A Tale of Old Iceland. English Literature for Secondary Schools. MacMillan and Co., 1917.

Novel · English
A novel based on Njáls saga written in English

Mirsky, Stuart W. The King of Vinland’s Saga. Xlibris, 1998.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Molan, Chris. The Vikings in Vinland. Meuthen Children´s Books Ltd., 1985.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Morris, Kenneth. “The Regent of the North.” The Theosophical Path, 1915.

Tale · English
A tale inspired by the Christian conversion of Scandinavia written in English.

Morris, William. The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs. Ellis and White, 1876.

Poem · English
A poem based on the Poetic Edda and Volsunga saga written in English.

O

Ottis, G.E. Thurid and other poems. Boston, 1874, pp. 1-34.

Poem · English
Poetry based on Eyrbyggja saga written in English

R

Roberts, Dorothy James. Fire in the Ice. Little, Brown and Co., 1961.

Novel · English
A novel based on Laxdæla saga and Njáls saga written in English

D

del Rey, Lester. The Day of the Giants. Avalon, 1959.

Novel · English
A novel based on the Prose Edda and Poetic Edda written in English

S

Schiller, Barbara. Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky. Troll Associates, 1979.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Seaver, Kirsten A. Gudrid’s saga. Gyldendal norsk forlag, 1994.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Shute, Nevil. An Old Captivity. William Heinemann, 1940.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Shute, Nevil. Vinland the Good. William Heinemann, 1946.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Simon, Francesca. The Monstrous Child. Faber and Faber, 2016.

Novel · English
A novel based on the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda written in English

Snedden, Genevra. Leif and Thorkel, Two Norse Boys of Long Ago. World Book Co., 1922.

Novel · English
A novel based on Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Waif Woman: A Cue, from a Saga. Scribner’s Magazine, 1914.

Novel · English
A novel based on Eyrbyggja saga written in English

T

Thor Vilhjálmsson. Sveigur [Wreath]. Mál og menning, 2001.

Novel · English
A novel based on Sturlunga saga written in English

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. HarperCollins, 2009.

Poem · English
A poem based on the Poetic Edda and Völsunga saga written in English.

Treece, Henry. The Burning of Njal. Criterion Books, 1964.

Novel · English
A novel base on Njáls saga written in English

Treece, Henry. Vinland the Good. Bodley Head, 1967.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

Treece, Henry. Westward to Vinland. Harper torchbooks, 1967.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

V

Vollmann, William T. The Ice-Shirt. André Deutsch, 1990.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grænlendinga saga and Eiríks saga rauða written in English

W

Williams, Tony. Nutcase. Salt Publishing, 2017.

Novel · English
A novel based on Grettis saga written in English

All 207 entries from the original bibliography.

About these bibliographies

The bibliographies and links were begun in 2019 with the support of the Department of Icelandic Language and Literature and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Manitoba.

The first is annotated with the major sources each new work draws on. None claims to be comprehensive.

Credits

Editors: Christopher Crocker, Dustin Geeraert, Selina Heidinger Web Design & Technical Editor: Ryan E. Johnson Additional Research: Austin Quagleini With thanks to Migration: The 9th UM / University of Iceland Partnership Conference, From Iceland to the Americas, and The Afterlife of Eddas and Sagas.