Is Halldór Laxness the Author of Fóstbræðra saga? On the Author Function, Intertextuality, Translation, and a Modern Writer’s Relationship with the Icelandic Sagas
ABSTRACT: Asking the titular question entails considering different concepts of authorship, from the modern sense of the term to Michel Foucault’s idea of the “author function,” as well as considering Halldór Laxness’s connection with the Icelandic sagas, in term...
Main Author: | Ástráður Eysteinsson |
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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/166 |
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