{"id":181,"date":"2010-10-16T17:22:32","date_gmt":"2010-10-16T17:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uni.hi.is\/astra\/?page_id=181"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:31:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T10:31:48","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/astra\/english\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Concept of Modernism<\/em>. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1990 (265 pp.). Paperback edition 1992.<\/p>\n

Tv\u00edm\u00e6li. \u00de\u00fd\u00f0ingar og b\u00f3kmenntir<\/em> [on translation studies and literary translation]. Reykjav\u00edk: The University of Iceland Press, 1996 (307 pp.).<\/p>\n

Umbrot. B\u00f3kmenntir og n\u00fat\u00edm<\/em>i [on literature and modernity]. Reykjav\u00edk: The University of Iceland Press, 1999 (485 pp).<\/p>\n

Or\u00f0askil. \u00cd heimi \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0inga<\/em> [on various aspects of translation, literature, and literary history]. Reykjav\u00edk: The University of Iceland Press, 2017 (403 pp.).<\/p>\n

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Heimur sk\u00e1lds\u00f6gunnar<\/em> [The World of the Novel<\/em>]. Reykjav\u00edk: The University of Iceland Institute of Literary Research, 2001 (343 pp.).<\/p>\n

Heimur lj\u00f3\u00f0sins<\/em> [The World of Poetry<\/em>] (with Dagn\u00fd Kristj\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir and Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson). Reykjav\u00edk: The University of Iceland Institute of Literary Research, 2005 (350 pp.).<\/p>\n

Translation \u2014 Theory and Practice: A Historical Reader<\/em> (with Daniel Weissbort). Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2006 (649 pp.).<\/p>\n

The Cultural Reconstruction of Places<\/em>. Reykjav\u00edk: University of Iceland Press, 2006 (224 pp.).<\/p>\n

Modernism <\/em>(with Vivian Liska). International Comparative Literature Association, Amsterdam\/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2007 (two vols., 1043 pp.).<\/p>\n

Walter Benjamin: Fagurfr\u00e6\u00f0i og mi\u00f0lun. \u00darval greina og b\u00f3kakafla<\/em>. [Essays and book chapters in Icelandic; various translators.] Reykjav\u00edk: University of Iceland Press, 2008 (622 pp.).<\/p>\n

Nordic Responses: Translation, History, Literary Culture <\/em>(with Jakob Lothe and Mats Jansson). Oslo: Novus Press, 2014 (245 pp.).<\/p>\n

Einar Bragi:\u00a0Lj\u00f3\u00f0asafn<\/em>\u00a0I.\u00a0Frumort lj\u00f3\u00f0<\/em> and Lj\u00f3\u00f0asafn<\/em>\u00a0II.\u00a0Lj\u00f3\u00f0a\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ingar<\/em>. Selection of Einar Bragi's poetry (original and translated) in two volumes. Selected and introduced by \u00c1str\u00e1\u00f0ur Eysteinsson. Edited by A\u00f0alsteinn \u00c1sberg Sigur\u00f0sson and \u00c1str\u00e1\u00f0ur Eysteinsson. Reykjav\u00edk: Dimma, 2021 (249+264 pp.).<\/p>\n

Edgar Allan Poe: Kv\u00e6\u00f0i og s\u00f6gur<\/em>. A Selection of Poe's poetry and short stories in Icelandic. Various translators. Edited by A\u00f0alsteinn \u00c1sberg Sigur\u00f0sson and \u00c1str\u00e1\u00f0ur Eysteinsson. Reykjav\u00edk: Dimma 2023 (498 pp.).<\/p>\n

Fararefni. \u00deing um \u00deorstein fr\u00e1 Hamri. <\/em>A book containing eleven articles by poets and scholars about the Icelandic poet \u00deorsteinn fr\u00e1 Hamri (1938-2018).\u00a0 Reykjav\u00edk: M\u00e1l og menning 2024 (192 pp.).<\/p>\n

Heimur sm\u00e1s\u00f6gunnar<\/em> [The World of the Short Story<\/em>]. A special issue of Riti\u00f0<\/em>, the journal of the Institute of Literature and Art Studies, University of Iceland, vol. 1, 2025. Editors: \u00c1sd\u00eds R\u00f3sa Magn\u00fasd\u00f3ttir, \u00c1str\u00e1\u00f0ur Eysteinsson, Krist\u00edn Gu\u00f0r\u00fan J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir, R\u00fanar Helgi Vignisson, and Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Stein\u00fe\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir (207 pp.).<\/p>\n

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R\u00e9ttarh\u00f6ldin.<\/em> Icelandic translation (with Eysteinn Thorvaldsson) of Franz Kafka's novel Der Prozess <\/em>(The Trial), Reykjavik: B\u00f3ka\u00fatg\u00e1fa Menningarsj\u00f3\u00f0s, 1983. Revised edition, Reykjav\u00edk: M\u00e1l og menning, 1995.<\/p>\n

Homo faber<\/em>. Icelandic translation (with Eysteinn Thorvaldsson) of Max Frisch's novel Homo faber<\/em>, Reykjavik: \u00d6rn og \u00d6rlygur 1987. Revised edition, Reykjav\u00edk: M\u00e1l og menning, 2000.<\/p>\n

\u00cd refsin\u00fdlendunni og fleiri s\u00f6gur<\/em>. Icelandic translation (with Eysteinn Thorvaldsson) of a collection of Franz Kafka's short stories, Reykjav\u00edk: B\u00f3ka\u00fatg\u00e1fa Menningarsj\u00f3\u00f0s, 1991.<\/p>\n

\u00dar glatkistunni<\/em>. Icelandic translation (with Eysteinn Thorvaldsson) of a collection of Franz Kafka's short stories, diaries, and letters. Special issue of the journal Bjartur og fr\u00fa Emil\u00eda<\/em>, No.10, 1993.<\/p>\n

Amer\u00edka<\/em>. Icelandic translation (with Eysteinn Thorvaldsson) of Franz Kafka's novel Amerika<\/em> (or Der Verschollene<\/em>). Reykjav\u00edk: M\u00e1l og menning, 1998.<\/p>\n

Umskiptin<\/em>. Icelandic translation (with Eysteinn Thorvaldsson) of Franz Kafka's novella Die Verwandlung <\/em>(The Metamorphosis<\/em>). Bilingual edition. Reykjav\u00edk: The Vigdis Finnbogad\u00f3ttir Institute of Foreign Languages \/ The University of Iceland Press, 2006.<\/p>\n

Br\u00e9f til f\u00f6\u00f0urins<\/em>. Icelandic translation (with Eysteinn Thorvaldsson) of Franz Kafka's Brief an den Vater<\/em>. Reykjav\u00edk: Forlagi\u00f0, 2008.<\/p>\n

Hli\u00f0arg\u00f6tur \/ Sideroads<\/em>. English translation (with Julian Meldon D'Arcy) of J\u00f3nas \u00deorbjarnarson's poetry book Hli\u00f0arg\u00f6tur<\/em> (2001). Bilingual edition. Reykjav\u00edk: Vigd\u00eds Finnbogad\u00f3ttir Institute of Foreign Languages \/ University of Iceland Press, 2011.<\/p>\n

H\u00f6llin.<\/em> Icelandic translation (with Eysteinn Thorvaldsson) of Franz Kafka's novel Das Schlo\u00df<\/em> (The Castle), Reykjavik: Forlagi\u00f0, 2015.<\/p>\n

Amer\u00edka<\/em>. Icelandic translation (with Eysteinn Thorvaldsson) of Franz Kafka's novel Amerika<\/em> (or Der Verschollene<\/em>). New edition, revised by \u00c1str\u00e1\u00f0ur Eysteinsson. Reykjav\u00edk: Forlagi\u00f0, 2021.<\/p>\n

Umskiptin og a\u00f0rar s\u00f6gur<\/em>. Icelandic translation (with Eysteinn Thorvaldsson) of the complete short fiction of Franz Kafka that he prepared for publication himself. A new edition of previously published translations; revised by \u00c1str\u00e1\u00f0ur Eysteinsson. Reykjav\u00edk: Forlagi\u00f0, 2022.<\/p>\n

\u00d3lgubl\u00f3\u00f0 \/ Restless Blood<\/em>. English translation (with Julian Meldon D'Arcy) of a selection of Hannes Hafstein's poetry. Afterword by \u00c1str\u00e1\u00f0ur Eysteinsson. Bilingual edition. Reykjav\u00edk: Vigd\u00eds Finnbogad\u00f3ttir Institute of Foreign Languages \/ University of Iceland Press, 2022.<\/p>\n

R\u00e9ttarh\u00f6ldin<\/em>. Icelandic translation (with Eysteinn Thorvaldsson) of Franz Kafka's novel Der Prozess<\/em>. New edition, revised by \u00c1str\u00e1\u00f0ur Eysteinsson. Reykjav\u00edk: Forlagi\u00f0, 2023.<\/p>\n

Byrgi\u00f0<\/em>. Icelandic translation (in part with Eysteinn Thorvaldsson) of a collection of Franz Kafka's novellas, short stories, microfiction and aphorisms. Reykjav\u00edk: Forlagi\u00f0, 2025.<\/p>\n

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Articles \/ book chapters 1982-2025 <\/strong>(reviews not included)<\/p>\n