portrait of Jónas

Jónas Hallgrímsson
Selected Poetry and Prose

Edited and translated with notes and commentary by
Dick Ringler

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University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Developer: Peter C. Gorman

Contents

I.About This Collection
II.Biographical Sketch of Jónas Hallgrímsson
III.Formal Features of Jónas's Poetry
IV.Texts and Commentaries
V.The Jónas Tour
VI.Bibliography

Jónas Hallgrímsson. Self-portrait (1845). Pen and ink.1

Note: A book containing many of the materials on this site, plus fresh materials, is available from the University of Wisconsin Press.

Notes

1 This is one of five profile heads drawn by Jónas in the margin of the manuscript of one of his poems (facsimile KJH207). Hannes Pétursson has argued persuasively that all five images are attempts at self-portraiture (Kf132-5).

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