Bibliography I of IV · Annotated

New Works Inspired by Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

B

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

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

C

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

F

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

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

G

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

H

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

M

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

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

T

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

Novel · English
A novel base on Njáls 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.