The Northern Utopia
The Northern Utopia

Author: Peter Fjågesund

Publisher: Rodopi

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9789042008465

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In the 19th century, the ancient filial tie' between Britain and Norway was rediscovered by a booming tourist industry which took thousands across the North Sea to see the wonders of the fjords, the fjelds, and the beauties of the North Cape. This illustrated volume, for the first time, collects together vivid impressions of the country recorded by nearly 200 British travellers and other commentators, incl. Thomas Malthus, Charlotte Bronte, and Lord Tennyson"

Mid-Victorian Poetry, 1860-1879
Mid-Victorian Poetry, 1860-1879

Author: Catherine Reilly

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 1999-12-01

Total Pages: 583

ISBN-13: 184714179X

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Mid-Victorian Poetry 1860-1879 is the second volume of a comprehensive three-volume Bibliography of Victorian poetry. National libraries, university libraries, and older-established public libraries contain thousands of volumes of poetry and verse, yet the majority of the authors are quite unknown as no bibliography of Victorian Poetry has existed until now. The identifies 2,605 authors of the United Kingdom.

Nordic Sagas as Children's Literature
Nordic Sagas as Children's Literature

Author: Velma Bourgeois Richmond

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2023-08-23

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 1476691630

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This book examines translations of Icelandic sagas and the Victorian and Edwardian children's literature they inspired, some of which are canonical while others are forgotten. It covers authors like William Morris, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Gray, Walter Scott, H. Rider Haggard, W.H. Auden, John Greenleef Whittier and more. In lavish volumes and modest schoolbooks, British and American writers claimed Nordic heritage and explored Nordic traditions. The sagas offered a rich and wide-ranging source for these authors: Volsunga saga's Sigurd the dragon slayer; King Olaf's saga of opposing Nordic Gods and Christianity; Frithiof's model of headstrong youth beset with unfair opposition and lost love. Grettir and Njal tell of men who accepted fate and met conflict and enemies unflinchingly; Aslaug, Gudrida, Hallberga and Hervar exerted remarkable influence; and Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky provided Americans with a Nordic heritage of discovery.

Torquil
Torquil

Author: F. Robertson

Publisher:

Published: 2017-04-16

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9783744776561

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Torquil - The Days of Olaf Tryggvason with Legends, Ballads and Dreams is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1870. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.