EGIL: The Electronic Gateway for Icelandic Literature

March 16, 2005 5:20 AM

EGIL: The Electronic Gateway for Icelandic Literature. Digitised texts related to Iceland.
posted by plep (8 comments total)

Thank you , thank you, thank you !
posted by shimmerglimpse at 6:10 AM on March 16, 2005

Excellent. The linked page makes the resources look a bit thin; to see the real breadth, you need to browse the other resources. Lots more stuff accessible through this portal than there appears to be at first glance.
posted by lodurr at 7:13 AM on March 16, 2005

The newest McSweeney's has mostly icelandic literature, also.
posted by rfordh at 8:22 AM on March 16, 2005

EGil: A guide to Althings Viking.

/obscure
posted by euphorb at 4:00 PM on March 16, 2005

no Journey to the Center of the Earth? or Laxness? : >

cool tho!
posted by amberglow at 4:03 PM on March 16, 2005

... a guide to Althings Viking

ha!
posted by joe lisboa at 5:55 PM on March 16, 2005

I don't know about Journey, but Laxness' work is still protected by author's copyright, since it's only about 10 years or so since he passed.
And as we know, if the publisher can distribute for price, he's not going to distribute it for free :)

/the icelandic one
posted by elfur at 2:39 AM on March 17, 2005

ahh (Independent People is one of my all-time favorite books.)
posted by amberglow at 5:08 AM on March 17, 2005