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Language and Literature : Iceland

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The Department of Icelandic Language and Literature (http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/departments/icelandic/)
Maintained by the University of Manitoba.

Language

Icelandic Language (http://www.iceland.is/history-and-culture/Language/)
Hosted by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, page provides a summary and related links regarding the Icelandic language. In English.

Iceland on the Web (http://iceland.vefur.is/Education/Language/)
Provides links to Icelandic language resources.

Icelandic Language Institute (http://www.ismal.hi.is)
In Icelandic.

Language Materials Project (http://www.lmp.ucla.edu)
Provides teaching resources for less commonly taught languages. Select "Icelandic," the material type, and the level for language resources related to Iceland.

TravLang (http://www.travlang.com/languages/icelandic/Icelandic.pronounce.html)
Pronunciation key. There is also an area in this web site that provides translations of basic words and phrases for shopping, dinning, directions, and more.

Literature

Bókmenntir.is (http://www.borgarbokasafn.is/displayer.asp?cat_id=14)
Provides information regarding contemporary Icelandic authors. Maintained by Reykjavík City Library.

Electronic Gateway for Icelandic Literature (http://www.egil.nottingham.ac.uk)
A project that aims to enhance support for research in Icelandic, Old Norse and Viking studies.

Icelandic Literature (http://www.iceland.is/history-and-culture/Arts/Literature/)
Hosted by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, page provides a summary and related links regarding Icelandic literature.

Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-Icelandicliterature.html)
Provides summaries of the early writings of Icelandic literature and those of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries.

Old Norse and Modern Icelandic Literature (http://www.lib.virginia.edu/wess/etexts.html)
Click on "Old Norse and Modern Icelandic Literature." Maintained by the Western European Studies Section of the University of Virginia Library.

Open Directory (http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/World_Literature/Icelandic/)
"The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors."

Saganet/Sagnanetið (http://www.sagnanet.is)
Icelandic medieval literature. Maintained by Cornell University.

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