Guardian of Memory: Halldór Laxness, Saga Editor
ABSTRACT: During the 1940s the Icelandic novelist Halldór Laxness embarked on a project to oversee the publication of five medieval sagas. The project emerged as a response to certain editorial practices common to the time and, like many of Halldór’s endeavours,...
Main Author: | Christopher Crocker |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Alberta Library
2019-12-01
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Series: | Scandinavian-Canadian Studies |
Online Access: | https://scancan.net/index.php/scancan/article/view/165 |
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