Writings by Western Icelandic Women

by Wolf, Kirsten

• ISBN13: 9780887556418
• ISBN10: 0887556418
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Univ of Manitoba Pr

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Introduction	3	(42)
Undina	45	(4)
Departure from Iceland 1873	46	(1)
Spring in the West	46	(1)
My Love for You	47	(1)
Ode to the Sun	48	(1)
Juliana Jonsdottir	49	(4)
I Remain	50	(1)
Counsel for the Heart	50	(1)
To Iceland	51	(2)
Torfhildur Porsteinsdottir Holm	53	(20)
Two Different Marriages	54	(9)
The Hourglass	63	(4)
The ABC and Worldly Wisdom	67	(6)
Margrjet J. Benedictsson	73	(14)
The Widow	74	(5)
They: A Biography in Few Words	79	(3)
The Messenger of Peace	82	(5)
Guorun H. Finnsdottir	87	(40)
Lost Tracks	88	(21)
Beyond the Pale	109	(10)
Not Everything Is As It Seems	119	(8)
Arnrun from Fell	127	(28)
In Old Haunts	127	(8)
Much Do Servants Know	135	(7)
Goody	142	(13)
Rannveig K. G. Sigbjornsson	155	(14)
Havamal at Voo	155	(4)
In the Morning of Life	159	(10)
Jakobina Johnson	169	(4)
Dawn	170	(1)
Candlelight	170	(1)
I Know of a Bird	171	(1)
Like Seeds	171	(2)
Helen Sveinbjornsson	173	(4)
Cloth of Gold	174	(1)
The Cabinet of Curios	174	(1)
Dream World	175	(2)
Laura Goodman Salverson	177
Hidden Fire	178	(8)
The Greater Gift	186	(6)
When Blind Guides Lead	192	(11)
The Alabaster Box	203