A poetry collection from this country was translated by the unfortunately-named Arthur Charles Gook under the title Passion Hymns.
A poetry collection from this country was translated by the unfortunately-named Arthur Charles Gook under the title Passion Hymns. A novel from this country contains a section entitled "The Bright Jewel" about a woman who falls in love with a manuscript collector. A poet from this country described the descendents of a sorcerer from a country "east of Tanaquisl in Asia" in a poem whose title means "the encircling world". The Codex Regius is a collection of poems from this country, one of which was translated by W.H. Auden as "The Song of the (*) Sibyl". A man buys land thought to have been cursed by St. Columba and optimistically changes his sheep farm's name to "Summerhouses" in Independent People, a novel by a native of this country named Halldor Laxness. For 10 points, name this island country, also the home of Snorri Sturluson, the author of the Eddas.
A poetry collection from this country was translated by the unfortunately-named Arthur Charles Gook under the title Passion Hymns.
Iceland