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Bard of Iceland: Jonas Hallgrimsson, Poet and Scientist.(Book Review)
Publication: The Modern Language Review Publication Date: 01-APR-04 Author: Larrington, Carolyne
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COPYRIGHT 2004 Modern Humanities Research Association
Bard of Iceland: Jonas Hallgrimsson, Poet and Scientist. By DICK RINGLER. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 2002. xiv + 474 PP. ISBN 0-299-17720-3 (hbk).
A long and loving life's work, Bard of Iceland presents almost all the reader needs to know to understand and appreciate the life and achievement of Jonas Hallgrimsson, the young poet and scientist who brought Icelandic poetry into the modern world; composer of the first Icelandic sonnet, he never abandoned completely the techniques and style of traditional Norse poetry. Born the son of a parson in Northern Iceland, Jonas followed...
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