Bibliography I of IV · Annotated

New Works Inspired by Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

B

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

E

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

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

F

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

Novel · English
A novel based on Grettis saga written in 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

M

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

Poem · English
A poem partly based on Grettis saga 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.