MAGNUSSON, ÁRNI

ourˈnĭ mägˈnoosôn, 1663–1730, Icelandic historian and antiquarian. He taught at the Univ. of Copenhagen, and his important collection of ancient Icelandic manuscripts is housed there.

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books on: Magnusson Arni  - 33 results

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A History of Icelandic Literature
Book by Daisy Neijmann; University of Nebraska Press, 2006
Subjects: Icelandic Literature--History And Criticism
...Herself: Female Experience and Female Tradition in Icelandic Literature /503 Helga Kress 9 Icelandic Theater /552 Arni Ibsen and Havar Sigurjonsson Icelandic Theater, 1790-1975 (Ibsen) /552 Icelandic Theater since 1975 (Sigurjonsson) /571...
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A Place Apart: An Anthropological Study of the Icelandic World
Book by Kirsten Hastrup; Clarendon Press, 1998
Subjects: Anthropology--Iceland, Iceland--Civilization--20th Century, Iceland--Social Life And Customs
...Similarly, David Koester and Finnur Magnusson both read and commented constructively...embedded in the world market see Finnur Magnusson 1990 . The differentiation according...century reformer of Iceland, Skuli Magnusson, who observed: The Icelandic economy...
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From Sagas to Society: Comparative Approaches to Early Iceland
Book by Gísli Pálsson; Hisarlik, 1992
Subjects: Iceland--Civilization--Congresses, Iceland--History--To 1262--Congresses, Iceland--Social Life And Customs--Congresses, Sagas--History And Criticism--Congresses
...Nordal Institute, Reykjavik), Ole Bruhn and Elisabeth Vestergaard (University of Aarhus), J6nas Kristjdnsson (Arni Magnusson Manuscript Institute, Reykjavik), and (at the University of Iceland) Robert Cook, Prainn Eggertsson, Gu6rfn Ing6lfsd6ttir...
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Heroic Sagas and Ballads
Book by Stephen A. Mitchell; Cornell University Press, 1991
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval, In Literature, Old Norse Literature--History And Criticism, Oral Tradition--History And Criticism, Sagas--History And Criticism
...Lars Lonnroth, Albert B. Lord, Gregory Nagy, and Fred C. Robinson. For their hospitality and assistance at Stofnun Arna Magnussonar, I would like to thank Jonas Kristjansson and Stefan Karlsson. Research for this book was made possible largely through...
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The American Discovery of the Norse: An Episode in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Book by Erik Ingvar Thurin; Bucknell University Press, 1999
Subjects: American Literature--19th Century--History And Criticism, American Literature--Scandinavian Influences, Literature, Comparative--American And Scandinavian, Literature, Comparative--Scandinavian And American, Mythology, Norse, In Literature, Old Norse Literature--Appreciation--United States, Scandinavia--In Literature, Vikings In Literature
...philology thriving in the hands of the Rasks and Rafns and Magnussons; but in Sweden, where he arrived in the middle of the summer...along with those of the Copenhagen antiquarian trio: Finnur Magnusson, Rasmus K. Rask, and Carl Christian Rafn. (Longfellow, who...
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journal articles on: Magnusson Arni  - 8 results

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From Children's Point of View: Childhood in Nineteenth-Century Iceland
Journal article by Sigurour Gylfi Magnusson; Journal of Social History, Vol. 29, 1995
Subjects: Children--History, Environment and children--Analysis, Iceland--Social aspects
...detailed discussion, see Sigurdhur Gylfi Magnusson, "The Continuity of Everyday Life," pp...further discussions see Sigurdhur Gylfi Magnusson, "The Continuity of Everyday Life," pp...example the description which Bodhvar Magnusson gives of his fathers grief over the death...
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The World of Halldór Laxness
Journal article by Sigurúour A. Magnússon; World Literature Today, Vol. 66, 1992
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism
...colony of Denmark. One of the central characters is none other than the famous scholar and manuscript collector Arni Magnusson (1663-1730), to whom we owe much of what is still extant of the ancient literary treasures of Iceland. In the novel...
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The Third Grammatical Treatise and Ole Worm's Literatura Runica
Journal article by Tarrin Wills; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 76, 2004
Subjects: Runes--Analysis, Worm, Dane Ole--Works
...his grandson presented it to Arni Magnusson in 1705, and it has since formed...studies. (1) Edited by Bjorn Magnusson Olsen (1884), this edition is...1665. Reykjavik: Stofnun Arna Magnussonar, 1977. --, ed. Edda Magnusar...
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Gudrun Nordal, Tools of Literacy: The Role of Skaldic Verse in Icelandic Textual Culture of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
Journal article; Medium Aevum, Vol. 72, 2003
Subjects: Tools of Literacy: The Role of Skaldic Verse in Icelandic Textual Culture of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries (Book)--Reviews
...enjoying an unprecedented surge of scholarly interest. In Tools of Literacy, Gudrun Nordal, a research fellow at the Arni Magnusson Institute in Reykjavik, and a general editor of the skaldic project, offers the first dedicated account of skaldic...
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97th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study: Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois: 26-28 April 2007
Journal article; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 79, 2007
Subjects: Art, Scandinavian--Calendars, Art, Scandinavian--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Scandinavian art--Calendars, Scandinavian art--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Scandinavian history--Calendars, Scandinavian history--Conferences, meetings and seminars
...JONAS HALLGRIMSSON 200 YEARS Chair: Ulfar Bragason, Arni Magnusson Institute of Icelandic Studies * Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson...Stephen Mitchell, Harvard University * Ulfar Bragason, Arni Magnusson Institute of Icelandic Studies, "Sturla Podarson and...
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magazine articles on: Magnusson Arni  - 2 results

 
 
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Literary Iceland
Magazine article by Helen K. Jerome; Book, November 2000
Subjects: Iceland--Literature, Literature--Personal narratives
...literary manuscripts are held in the Arni Magnusson Institute. And in case you didnt...of America, translated by Magnus Magnusson, Viking Press. Includes the two...Laxdaela Saga, translated by Magnus Magnusson, Viking Press. Considered one of...
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The near North: There Have Always Been Good Reasons to Visit Iceland's Exotic Desolation, but Next Year Will Bring a Few New Ones
Magazine article by Cullen Murphy; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 284, December 1999
Subjects: Iceland--Description and travel
...sustenance. There are plenty of fine shops and restaurants, and an unusual selection of small galleries and museums. The Arni Magnusson Institute, at the University of Iceland, houses Icelands important collection of medieval manuscripts, including the...


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newspaper articles on: Magnusson Arni  - 1 result

 
 
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U.S. Warms to the Earth's 'Untapped Potential'
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 22, 2007
Subjects: Electric generators
...geothermal investment will grow to $10 billion in the next 10 years. "Glitner would like to participate in that," said Arni Magnusson, the banks managing director of global sustainable energy. But the MIT reports rosy outlook has skeptics. "All those...


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encyclopedia articles on: Magnusson Arni  - 2 results

 
 
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Magnusson, Árni
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MAGNUSSON, ARNI our ni mag nooson, 1663 1730, Icelandic historian and antiquarian. He taught at the Univ. of Copenhagen, and his important collection...
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Icelandic Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...style in the late 18th cent. In the early 19th cent. Arni Magnusson compiled a library of ancient Icelandic masterpieces...poor in Reykjavik. Jon Trausti (pseud. of Guethmundur Magnusson, 1873 1918) in his fiction depicted medieval as well...


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