Bibliography I of IV · Annotated

New Works Inspired by Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

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Brynhildur Þórarinsdóttir. Laxdæla. Mál og menning, 2006.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Laxdæla saga written in Icelandic

Brynjólfur Jónsson. Guðrún Ósvífsdóttir. Söguljóð [Gudrun Osvifsdottir: An Epic Poem]. *Reykjavík, 1892.

Poem · Icelandic
A poem based on Laxdæla saga written in Icelandic

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Grímur Thomsen. “Íslenskar konur frá söguöldinni; V. Guðrún Ósvífursdóttir [Icelandic Women from the Age of the Sagas: V. Gudrun Osvifursdottir].” Ljóðmæli. Nýtt safn, 1895.

Poem · Icelandic
A poem based on Laxdæla written in Icelandic

Grímur Thomsen. “Sköfnungur.” Ljóðmæli. Nýtt safn, 1895.

Poem · Icelandic
A poem based on Laxdæla, Hrólfs saga kraka, and Kormákssaga written in Icelandic

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

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

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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

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Morris, William. “The Lovers of Gudrun.” The Earthly Paradise. 1868.

Poem
A poem based on Laxdæla saga, in an anthology of poems which incorporates Norse myths/sagas into a wider scheme of world traditions

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Oehlenschläger, Adam G. Kiartan og Gudrun [Kjartan and Gudrun]. 1848.

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

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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

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Schoenfeld, E. Dagobert. Kjartan und Gudrun. Ein kulturhistorische Roman von der Wende des zehnten Jahrhunderts auf Island I-II [Kjartan and Gudrun: A Cultural-Historical Novel from the Turn of the Tenth Century on Iceland I-II]. Costenoble, 1898.

Novel · German
A novel based on Laxdæla saga written in German

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Torfhildur Hólm. Kjartan og Guðrún [Kjartan and Gudrun]. Ísafoldarprentsmiðja, 1886.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Laxdæla saga written in Icelandic

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Vilborg Davíðsdóttir. Auður. Mál og menning, 2009.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Laxdæla saga written in Icelandic

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Þórunn Valdimarsdóttir. Mörg eru ljónsins eyru [The Lion has Many Ears]. JPV, 2010.

Novel · Icelandic
A novel based on Laxdæla saga written in Icelandic

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.