Bibliography

2023

“Íslandsvísur og viðtökur þeirra: Frá Guðmundi Magnússyni til Jóns Trausta.” Ritið 3/2023, pp. 119–143.

“Snorri Hjartarson: Romantik och modernism.” Nordisk Tidskrift 1/2023, pp. 59–70.

Editor: Erla Hulda Halldórsdóttir: “Ástarharmsaga. Inngangur um sendibréf og ást.” Ég er þinn elskari: Bréf Baldvins Einarssonar til Kristrúnar Jónsdóttur 1825–1832. Erla Hulda Halldórsdóttir prepared for print and wrote an introduction. Háskólaútgáfan. Reykjavík 2023, pp. 7–73.

2022

“Territorial kinship and the feminine land: Icelandic patriotic poetry in an international context.” Romantik – Journal for the Study of Romanticisms, Vol. 10 (2021), pp. 83–104 (published in 2022).

“Grímuskáldið: Dramatískar einræður í kvæðum Gríms Thomsen.” Feiknstafir: Ráðgátan Grímur Thomsen. Edited by Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson and Þórir Óskarsson. Reykjavík: Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag, 2022, pp. 343–69. [An article on dramatic monologues in Grímur Thomsen’s poetry, with a summary in English.]

Co-editor with Þórir Óskarsson: Feiknstafir: Ráðgátan Grímur Thomsen. Reykjavík: Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag, 2022. 412 pp. [A collection of critical essays on the 19th century poet and politician Grímur Thomsen, by various scholars, entitled Magical Signs: The Mystery of Grímur Thomsen.]

2021

“Leiðin til nútímans.” Íslenskar bókmenntir: Saga og samhengi. Edited by Ármann Jakobsson. Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag. Reykjavík 2021, pp. 405–525. [A chapter entitled “The Way to Modern Times” in a new history of Icelandic literature, covering the period ca. 1750 to 1900.]

2020

“The sublime North: Iceland as an artistic discourse originating in the nineteenth century.” Exploring NORDIC COOL in Literary History. Edited by Gunilla Hermansson and Jens Lohfert Jørgensen. FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures, 15. John Benjamins Publishing. Amsterdam 2020, pp. 191–204.

2019

Ísland í Eyjahafinu. Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag. Reykjavík 2019. 243 pp. [A book, entitled Iceland in the Aegean, on national discourse and hybridity in literature and the arts, ranging from patriotic poetry to national stagings.]

Co-author with Marko Juvan: From a Monument in Ljubljana to the History and Theory of Cultural Saints: a Preface. Great Immortality: Studies on European Cultural Sainthood. National Cultivation of Culture, Vol. 18. Edited by Jón Karl Helgason and Marijan Dović. Leiden and Boston: Brill 2019, pp. xviii–xxiv.

Editor: Eintal sálarinnar eftir sjálfa sig by Martin Moller. Prepared for publication, with an introduction and commentaries by Þórunn Sigurðardóttir. Bókmennta- og listfræðastofnun Háskóla Íslands. Reykjavík 2019. 189 pp. [A critical edition of an Icelandic 16th-century translation of Soliloquia de passione Jesu Christi by Martin Moller.]

2018

“Det nordiska i isländsk litteratur: En estetisk diskurs med ursprung i 1800-talet.” Avain 3/2018, pp. 94–105.

“Iceland as an Imaginary Place in a European Context: Some Literary Representations.” Tijdschrift voor Skandinavistiek, Vol. 36, No. 2 (2018), pp. 34–43.

“Jónas Hallgrímsson.” Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe. Vol. 1. Edited by Joep Leerssen. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press 2018, pp. 370–371.

“Old Norse Myths and Icelandic Romanticism.” The Pre-Christian Religions of the North, Volume I. Edited by Margaret Clunies Ross. Brepols, Turnhout 2018, pp. 365–381.

2017

“Kan man skriva pastoral poesi så nära Nordpolen? Arkadiska skildringar i isländska dikter från artonhundratalet.” Scripta Islandica 68/2017, pp. 271–292.

““alt meir Grískt en Rómverst”: Menningarviðleitni Sigurðar málara í ljósi nýklassíkur.” [An article on Winckelmannian classicism in Sigurður Guðmundsson’s writings, drawings, designs and tableaux vivants. A revised version of this article is included in my 2019 book, Ísland í Eyjahafinu.Málarinn og menningarsköpun: Sigurður Guðmundsson og Kvöldfélagið 1858–1874. Edited by Karl Aspelund and Terry Gunnell. The National Museum of Iceland/Opna Publishing, Reykjavík 2017, pp. 65–92.

“Frá bókmenntavakningu til ræðuæfinga: Mótunarár Kvöldfélagsins í fundarbókum.” [An article on the Evening Society as a literary debating society. A revised version of this article is included in my 2019 book, Ísland í Eyjahafinu.] Málarinn og menningarsköpun: Sigurður Guðmundsson og Kvöldfélagið 1858–1874. Edited by Karl Aspelund and Terry Gunnell. The National Museum of Iceland/Opna Publishing, Reykjavík 2017, pp. 277–296.

““Ef að jeg fengi frá þér blað, færi jeg allteins vel með það og það unnustu flýgi frá, jeg feldi það mínu brjósti á”: Ljóðabréf og kvæði Benedikts Gröndals til Sigríðar E. Magnússon.” [An article on Benedikt Gröndal’s poems and epistles to his friend, Ms. Sigríður E. Magnússon. A revised version of this article is included in my 2019 book, Ísland í Eyjahafinu.Skírnir, autumn 2017, pp. 339–364.

“““Gegnum Jesú helgast hjarta í himininn upp ég líta má”: Lesið í líkamsmyndir Passíusálma.” [An article on body images in the Passion Hymns by Hallgrímur Pétursson.] Áhrif Lúthers: Siðaskipti, samfélag og menning í 500 ár. Edited by Hjalti Hugason, Loftur Guttormsson and Margrét Eggertsdóttir. The Icelandic Literary Society, Reykjavík 2017, pp. 277–297.

2016

“Jónas Hallgrímssons inre och yttre natur.” [An article in Swedish on Jónas Hallgrímsson’s nature poems.] Scripta Islandica 67/2016, pp. 103–119.

2015

“Öldulíf: Hafið og háleitar myndir í kvæðum Einars Benediktssonar.” Andvari, 140. ár, 2015, bls. 147–161. [An article on the sea and sublime images in Einar Benediktsson's poetry. A revised version of this article is included in my 2019 book, Ísland í Eyjahafinu.]

 2014

Náttúra ljóðsins: Umhverfi íslenskra skálda. Bókmennta- og listfræðastofnun Háskóla Íslands, Háskólaútgáfan. Reykjavík 2014. 257 pp. [A book, entitled The Nature of Poetry: The Environment of Icelandic Poets, on the discourse of nature and the environment in romantic and post-romantic Icelandic poetry.]

Hjarðljóð úr Vesturbænum: L prósar. 1005, II. issue, vol. III. Kind. Reykjavík 2014. 57 pp. [A book of prose poems.]

2013

“Er hægt að yrkja hjarðljóð svona nærri Norðurpólnum? Sveitasælan og skuggahliðar hennar í ljóðum Steingríms Thorsteinssonar.” Andvari, 138th year, 2013, pp. 129–144. [An article on the pastoral element in Icelandic literature and the important part it plays in the poetry of Steingrímur Thorsteinsson (1831–1913). A revised version of this article is included in my 2014 bookNáttúra ljóðsins: Umhverfi íslenskra skálda.]

“Land, þjóð og tunga í ljóðum þjóðskálda Íslands og Slóveníu.” Són, 11th year, 2013, pp. 87–97. [An article on the elevation of the land, the nation and the vernacular in the works of the “national poets” of Iceland and Slovenia. A revised version of this article is included in my 2014 bookNáttúra ljóðsins: Umhverfi íslenskra skálda.]

2012

Co-author with Robert Cook: “Poetry of Iceland.” The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Fourth Edition. Editors: Roland Greene, Stephen Cushman, Clare Cavanagh, Jahan Ramazani and Paul Rouzer. Princeton University Press. Princeton, New Jersey, pp. 653–655.

“Model Behaviour: The Role of Imported Aesthetics in the Rise of Romantic Nationalism in Iceland and Slovenia.” Literary Dislocations / Déplacements littéraires / Книжевни дислокации. Editors: Sonja Stojmenska-Elzeser and Vladimir Martinovski. Institute of Macedonian Literature, University Ss. Cyril and Methdodiu. Skopje, Macedonia, pp. 570–576.

2011

Textar og túlkun: Greinar um íslensk fræði. Háskólaútgáfan, Reykjavík 2011. 291 pp. [A collection of the author’s articles, covering various subjects in Icelandic literature and culture from the Post-Reformation to the late 20th century, having the Romantic period at their centre. With summaries in English on pp. 267–279. In English, the collection’s title would read Texts and Interpretation.]

“Nation and Elevation: Some Points of Comparison between the “National Poets” of Slovenia and Iceland.” Primerjalna književnost (Ljubljana), 34.1 (2011), pp. 127–145. [An article, written in English, comparing Jónas Hallgrímsson and France Prešeren as “National Poets” and the role of imported aesthetics in the rise of Romantic nationalism in Iceland and Slovenia.]

“Náttúra Huldu.” Ritið 2/2011, pp. 109–130. [An article which approaches the nature poetry of Hulda (Unnur Benediktsdóttir Bjarklind, 1881–1946) from an ecocritical perspective; with a summary in English. A revised version of this article is included in my 2014 bookNáttúra ljóðsins: Umhverfi íslenskra skálda.]

2010

“Ways of Addressing Nature in a Northern Context: Romantic Poet and Natural Scientist Jónas Hallgrímsson.” Conversations With Landscape. Editors: Karl Benediktsson and Katrín Anna Lund. Ashgate. Farnham, Surrey and Burlington, Vermont 2010, pp. 157–171. [An article, written in English, on the interplay of artistic and scientific approaches, and pastoral and sublime discourses, in selected poems by Jónas Hallgrímsson.]

“Gönguskáldið.” Okkurgulur sandur: Tíu ritgerðir um skáldskap Gyrðis Elíassonar. Editor: Magnús Sigurðsson. Uppheimar. Akranes 2010, pp. 99–118. [An article on the history of walking in literature and the important part it plays in the poetry of Gyrðir Elíasson. A revised version of this article is included in my 2014 bookNáttúra ljóðsins: Umhverfi íslenskra skálda.]

2009

“Umhverfi orðanna: Náttúrulýsingar og málnotkun í kvæðum Jónasar Hallgrímssonar.” Greppaminni: Rit til heiðurs Vésteini Ólasyni sjötugum. Editors: Árni Sigurjónsson, Guðrún Ása Grímsdóttir, Guðrún Nordal, Guðvarður Már Gunnlaugsson and Margrét Eggertsdóttir. Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag. Reykjavík 2009, pp. 393–408. [An article on the language and style used by poet Jónas Hallgrímsson in his nature poetry. A revised version of this article is included in my 2014 bookNáttúra ljóðsins: Umhverfi íslenskra skálda.]

“Jónas Hallgrímsson og Bessastaðaskóli.” Wawnarstræti (alla leið til Íslands) lagt Andrew Wawn 65 ára 27. október 2009. Menningar- og minningarsjóður Mette Magnussen. Reykjavík 2009, pp. 82–87. [A short article on the grammar school learning and extra-curricular activity of poet Jónas Hallgrímsson and its impact on his poetry and development. Reprinted in my 2011 collection, Textar og túlkun: Greinar um íslensk fræði.]

Editor: Sagan af Árna ljúfling yngra by Jón Espólín. Prepared for publication, with an introduction, by Einar Gunnar Pétursson. Bókmenntafræðistofnun Háskóla Íslands. Reykjavík 2009. [A critical edition of a 19th century fictional prose.]

2008

“The Reception of Old Norse myths in Icelandic Romanticism.” Det norrøne og det nationale: Studier i brugen af Islands gamle litteratur i nationale sammenhænge i Norge, Sverige, Island, Storbritannien, Tyskland og Danmark. Stofnun Vigdísar Finnbogadóttur í erlendum tungumálum. Editor: Annette Lassen. Reykjavík 2008, pp. 103–121. [An article, written in English, on the uses of mythological and legendary motifs in selected poems by some of the principal Romantic poets in 19th century Iceland.]

General Editor and Project Director of the series Þýðingar [Translations], in which five translated works of literary and cultural theory were published in 2008 by Bókmenntafræðistofnun Háskóla Íslands [The Literary Institute of the University of Iceland]:

1. Dante Alighieri: Um kveðskap á þjóðtungu. [De vulgari eloquentia.] Editor: Gottskálk Jensson. Translator: Kristján Árnason. 113 pp.

2. Erich Auerbach: Mimesis: Framsetning veruleikans í vestrænum bókmenntum. [Mimesis: Dargestellte Wirklichkeit in der abendländischen Literatur.] Editor: Torfi H. Tulinius. Main translator: Gauti Kristmannsson. 843 pp.

3. Walter Benjamin: Fagurfræði og miðlun: Greinar og bókakaflar. [Medienästhetische Schriften.] Editor: Ástráður Eysteinsson. Main translator: Benedikt Hjartarson. 622 pp.

4. Julia Kristeva: Svört sól: Geðdeyfð og þunglyndi. [Soleil noir: Dépression et mélancolie.] Editor: Dagný Kristjánsdóttir. Translator: Ólöf Pétursdóttir. 335 pp.

5. Jean-François Lyotard: Hið póstmóderníska ástand: Skýrsla um þekkinguna. [La Condition postmoderne: Rapport sur le savoir.] Editor: Björn Þorsteinsson. Translator: Guðrún Jóhannsdóttir. 174 pp.

2007

“Inngangur.” Undir Hraundranga: Úrval ritgerða um Jónas Hallgrímsson. Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag. Reykjavík 2007, pp. vii–xvii. [An introduction, centring on the critical reception of poet Jónas Hallgrímsson.]

“Um hvað tölum við þegar við tölum um náttúruna? Fjallið Skjaldbreiður eftir Jónas Hallgrímsson.” Skírnir, 181st year, Fall 2007, pp. 341–359. [An article on the interplay of artistic and scientific approaches, and pastoral and sublime discourses, in a poem by Jónas Hallgrímsson which centres on a volcanic eruption. A revised version of this article is included in my 2014 bookNáttúra ljóðsins: Umhverfi íslenskra skálda.]

““Kveðið eftir þjóðkunnu spánsku kvæði”: Illur lækur eftir Jónas Hallgrímsson.” [A revised version of the article below, published in 2006.] Undir Hraundranga: Úrval ritgerða um Jónas Hallgrímsson. Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag. Reykjavík 2007, pp. 322–333.

Editor: Undir Hraundranga: Úrval ritgerða um Jónas Hallgrímsson. Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag. Reykjavík 2007. xvii + 374 pp. [A critical reader of the scholarly reception of poet and scientist Jónas Hallgrímsson, selected and edited by me.]

2006

““Kveðið eftir þjóðkunnu spánsku kvæði”: Illur lækur eftir Jónas Hallgrímsson.” Skírnir, 180th year, Spring 2006, pp. 133–148. [An article in which I indentify a hitherto unknown original of a well-known poem by Jónas Hallgrímsson, admitted by the poet himself to be a translation of a Spanish poem but which he, however, neglected to specify.]

“Fagurfræði óvissunnar: Snorri Hjartarson og John Keats.” Hugðarefni: Afmæliskveðjur til Njarðar P. Njarðvík 30. júní. JPV útgáfa. Reykjavík 2006, pp. 152–166. [An article in which I use John Keats’s idea of “Negative Capability” to reveal an important aspect of the poetry of Snorri Hjartarson, a leading 20th century poet in Iceland. A revised version of this article is included in my 2014 bookNáttúra ljóðsins: Umhverfi íslenskra skálda.]

Review: “Margrét Eggertsdóttir: Barokkmeistarinn: List og lærdómur í verkum Hallgríms Péturssonar.” Saga XLIV:2, Fall 2006, pp. 222–227. [A review of a doctoral thesis on Icelandic 17th century poetry and the concept of the Baroque. Reprinted in my 2011 collectionTextar og túlkun: Greinar um íslensk fræði.]

Editor: Strengleikar. Prepared for publication, with an introduction and commentaries, by Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir. Bókmenntafræðistofnun Háskóla Íslands. Reykjavík 2006. 182 pp. [A critical edition of Old Norse translations of the Lais of Marie de France.]

2005

Að yrkja bók: Ljóðabókin sem “listræn heild”.” Heimur ljóðsins. Bókmenntafræðistofnun Háskóla Íslands. Reykjavík 2005, pp. 274–293. [An article on the idea of the “artistic whole” of various Icelandic collections of poetry through the ages. An expanded version of this article is included in my 2011 collectionTextar og túlkun: Greinar um íslensk fræði.]

““The wild has no words”: The modern short lyric as a way of approaching the wordless through images.” Modernisme i nordisk lyrikk 1. Institutionen for nordiska sprak och nordisk litteratur, Helsingfors Universitet. Helsingfors 2005, pp. 148–170. [An article, written in English, on the Imagistic short lyric, including a comparison of Tomas Tranströmer’s poetry to poems by three Icelandic Modernists: Snorri Hjartarson, Stefán Hörður Grímsson and Hannes Pétursson.]

Co-editor with Ástráður Eysteinsson and Dagný Kristjánsdóttir: Heimur ljóðsins. Bókmenntafræðistofnun Háskóla Íslands. Reykjavík 2005. 350 pp. [A collection of critical essays on poetry, by various scholars, entitled The World of Poetry.]

Co-editor with Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson: Skírnir, the periodical of The Icelandic Literary Society, 179th year, Spring and Fall issue of 2005. 482 pp.

2004

“Tilbrigði við skógarhljóð: Flögrað á milli þriggja greina í myrkviði Martins Heidegger.” Engill tímans: Til minningar um Matthías Viðar Sæmundsson. JPV útgáfa. Reykjavík 2004, pp. 61–80. [An article on three essays by Martin Heidegger which deal with ecocritical topics, such as “dwelling” and the place of poetry, and how they may be used in connection with Icelandic environmental poetry. A revised version of this article is included in my 2014 bookNáttúra ljóðsins: Umhverfi íslenskra skálda.]

“Eddas, sagas and Icelandic Romanticism.” The Manuscripts of Iceland. Stofnun Árna Magnússonar. Reykjavík 2004, pp. 109–116. [Bernard Scudder’s English translation of my article in Handritin, 2002.]

Editor: Brennu-Njálssaga: Texti Reykjabókar. Bjartur. Reykjavík 2004. 352 pp. [2nd edition, including a CD-ROM; see the 2003 edition below.]

Co-editor with Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson: Skírnir, the periodical of The Icelandic Literary Society, 178th year, Spring and Fall issue of 2004. 492 pp.

2003

Og andinn mig hreif upp á háfjallatind”: Nokkrar birtingarmyndir hins háleita á 19. öld.” Skorrdælagefin út i minningu um Svein Skorra Höskuldsson. Háskólaútgáfan. Reykjavík 2003, pp. 155–177. [An article on “The Discourse of the Sublime” in 18th and 19th century aesthetics, including an analysis of a poem on Arctic themes by the 19th century poet Matthías Jochumsson and its comparison with the poem Mont Blanc by P.B. Shelley. A revised version of this article is included in my 2014 bookNáttúra ljóðsins: Umhverfi íslenskra skálda.]

“Hallgrímsson, Jónas.” Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era. Fitzroy Dearborn. London 2003, pp. 464–465. [An entry on the 19th century poet Jónas Hallgrímsson, written in English.]

“Thorarensen, Bjarni.” Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era. Fitzroy Dearborn. London 2003, pp. 1134–1136. [An entry on the 19th century poet Bjarni Thorarensen, written in English.]

Editor: Brennu-Njálssaga: Texti Reykjabókar. Bjartur. Reykjavík 2003. 352 pp. [A critical edition of Njál’s Saga, based on an early manuscript called Reykjabók, with detailed commentaries by me.] [This edition was used as a main text for the Norwegian translation of the saga: Njåls saga. Oversatt av Jon Gunnar Jørgensen. Thorleif Dahls kulturbibliotek/Aschehoug, 2018.]

Editor: Gísli Brynjúlfsson: Ljóð og laust mál. Íslensk rit XIII. Bókmenntafræðistofnun Háskóla Íslands. Reykjavík 2003. 354 pp. [A critical edition of selected poetry, diaries and other works by the 19th century poet Gísli Brynjúlfsson, with an introduction and detailed commentaries by me. The introduction is reprinted in my 2011 collectionTextar og túlkun: Greinar um íslensk fræði.]

Co-editor with Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson: Skírnir, the periodical of The Icelandic Literary Society, 177th year, Spring and Fall issue of 2003. 536 pp.

2002

“Eddur, sögur og íslensk rómantík.” Handritin: Ritgerðir um íslensk miðaldahandrit, sögu þeirra og áhrif. Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi. Reykjavík 2002, pp. 109–117. [See the above translation issued in 2004.]

Co-editor with Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson: Skírnir, the periodical of The Icelandic Literary Society, 176th year, Spring and Fall issue of 2002. 480 pp.

2001

“Stílfræði.” Alfræði íslenskrar tungu. Margmiðlunardiskur Lýðveldissjóðs. Námsgagnastofnun. Reykjavík 2001. [A detailed chapter on stylistics in a CD-ROM entitled Encyclopedia of the Icelandic Language.]

“Náin kynni Guðbergs og Málfríðar: Um Hjartað býr enn í helli sínum.” Heimur skáldsögunnar. Bókmenntafræðistofnun Háskóla Íslands. Reykjavík 2001, pp. 301–313. [An article on “poetic space” in two 20th century prose works, by Guðbergur Bergsson and Málfríður Einarsdóttir, based on the approach of Gaston Bachelard. Reprinted in my 2011 collectionTextar og túlkun: Greinar um íslensk fræði.]

Co-editor with Jón Karl Helgason and Þórir Einarsson: Vefur Darraðar. Margmiðlunardiskur. Mál og menning. Reykjavík 2001. [A CD-ROM designed by the scholar Jón Karl Helgason on Njál’s Saga and its reception in poetry and the arts through the ages; I was responsible for the text of the saga on the CD-ROM and the comments upon it, which are essentially the same as in my above edition of 2003/2004.]

Co-editor with Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson: Skírnir, the periodical of The Icelandic Literary Society, 175th year, Spring and Fall issue of 2001. 606 pp.

2000

Co-editor with Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson: Skírnir, the periodical of The Icelandic Literary Society, 174th year, Spring and Fall issue of 2000. 494 pp.

1999

Arfur og umbylting: Rannsókn á íslenskri rómantík. Hið íslenska bókmenntafélag og ReykjavíkurAkademían. Reykjavík 1999. 395 pp. [A doctoral thesis on Icelandic Romanticism and the 19th century reception of medieval motifs and poetic forms, reflecting contemporary issues and ideas; its title would read Tradition and Revolution in English.]

“Myndmál sálma: Tilraun til túlkunar með hliðsjón af sálgreiningu Jacques Lacan.” Kynlegir kvistir tíndir til heiðurs Dagnýju Kristjánsdóttur fimmtugri. Uglur og ormar. Reykjavík 1999, pp. 143–171. [A Lacanian analysis of the Icelandic German-influenced psalms of the Reformation, focusing on regressive imagery and “The Discourse of the Family”. Reprinted in my 2011 collectionTextar og túlkun: Greinar um íslensk fræði.]

“Gaman og alvara í kvæðum Eggerts Ólafssonar.” Vefnir, the online periodical of The Society of Eighteenth Century Studies in Iceland, 2nd year, 1999 (http://vefnir.is). [An article on the creative mixture of the humorous and the serious in the discourse of the Enlightenment, including a comparison of Christian Wadskiær’s Poetisk skueplads to the 18th century poems of the Icelander Eggert Ólafsson. Reprinted in my 2011 collectionTextar og túlkun: Greinar um íslensk fræði.]

Handbók um stílfræði:Tilraunaútgáfa. Reykjavík 1999. 70 pp.  [An experimental handbook on stylistics, written for my students at The Reykjavík Grammar School, where I taught syntax and stylistics.]

Co-editor (and co-founder) with Kári Bjarnason: Vefnir, the online periodical of The Society of Eighteenth Century Studies in Iceland, 2nd year, 1999 (http://vefnir.is).

1998

Co-editor (and co-founder) with Kári Bjarnason: Vefnir, the online periodical of The Society of Eighteenth Century Studies in Iceland, 1st year, 1998 (http://vefnir.is).

1996

Óðinn sé með yður!” Fjölnismenn og fornöldin.” Guðamjöður og arnarleir: Safn ritgerða um eddulist. Háskólaútgáfan. Reykjavík 1996, pp. 261–294. [An article on the extensive use and importance of the literary and political heritage of the Icelandic Commonwealth for the 19th century renaissance of Icelandic culture and society, spearheaded by the Fjölnir circle, including the poet Jónas Hallgrímsson and the linguist Konráð Gíslason. The subject matter of this article was incorporated into my doctoral thesis of 1999, Arfur og umbylting: Rannsókn á íslenskri rómantík.]

“Gröndal og Freyja.” Guðamjöður og arnarleir: Safn ritgerða um eddulist. Háskólaútgáfan. Reykjavík 1996, pp. 295–325. [An article on the Romantic and creative use of the Old Norse Freyja myth by the 19th century poet and scholar, Benedikt Sveinbjarnarson Gröndal. The subject matter of this article was incorporated into my doctoral thesis of 1999, Arfur og umbylting: Rannsókn á íslenskri rómantík.]

1994

“Hulduljóð sem pastoral elegía.” Andvari 1994, 119th year, pp. 103–111. [An article in which I argue that one of Jónas Hallgrímsson’s most important poems, The Lay of Hulda, can be analysed and interpreted as a pastoral elegy. The subject matter of this article was incorporated into my doctoral thesis of 1999, Arfur og umbylting: Rannsókn á íslenskri rómantík.]

1993

Aðflutt landslag. Mál og menning. Reykjavík 1993. 54 pp. [A collection of poems of my own; in English, the title would read Imported Landscape.]

1992

“Eddur og íslensk rómantík: Nokkur orð um óðfræði Jónasar Hallgrímssonar.” Snorrastefna. Stofnun Sigurðar Nordals. Reykjavík 1992, pp. 255–269. [An article on how the 19th century poet Jónas Hallgrímsson used Eddic and other Old Norse metres in his poetry. The subject matter of this article was incorporated into my doctoral thesis of 1999, Arfur og umbylting: Rannsókn á íslenskri rómantík.]

1991

Romantic Travellers in the Highlands 1770–1830: Literary Impressions of Five Scottish Writers. St. Andrews University, Scotland 1991. 64 pp. [A M. Phil. thesis, written in English, on the creative responses of five 18th and 19th century writers – including James Boswell, Robert Burns and James Hogg – to the Scottish Highlands, centring on the shift between Enlightenment and Romantic approaches to nature.]

1989

Co-editor with Haukur Hannesson and Páll Valsson: Ritverk Jónasar Hallgrímssonar I–IV. Svart á hvítu. Reykjavík 1989. 2072 pp. [A critical edition of the collected works of the 19th century poet and scientist Jónas Hallgrímsson, in four volumes. This edition has been the standard work of reference since its publication.]