William Morris a literatura staroislandzka
William Morris and Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with William Morris’s interest in Old Norse-Icelandic literature,a significant source of subjects for many of his original poems, in particular Lovers ofGudrun and Sigurd the Volsung. Initially, Morris was finding his inspiration in Englishabstracts and translations of Old Norse texts, but the year he met Icelandic scholar EiríkrMagnússon was a real turning point. Morris and Magnússon are credited with a tremendousnumber of English translations of the Icelandic sagas (The Saga Library cycle; six volumes).They visited Iceland and some places related to Íslendingasögur as well.

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