Vilhjalmur Stefansson has long been known for his groundbreaking work as an anthropologist and expert on Arctic peoples. His three expeditions to the Canadian Arctic in the early 1900s, as well as his expertise in northern anthropology, helped create his public image as an heroic, Hemingway-esque figure in the annals of twentieth-century exploration. But the emotional and private life of Stefansson the man have remained hidden, until now. New evidence of this other life has recently been discovered: a collection of love letters between Stefansson and his fiance Orpha Cecil Smith were found in a New Hampshire flea market; Stefansson's field diaries have revealed elegant essays and insightful commentary on Inupiat society; baptismal records have revealed that Stefansson had a son, Alex, with his informant and guide, Fanny Pannigabluk; and through Web searches and a private detective, Palsson found and conducted interviews with the descendents of both Cecil Smith and Alex Stefansson. Travelling Passions sheds new light on Stefansson's life and work, focussing on the tension between his private life and the theories that brought his name to the halls of fame. Palsson draws a clear, vivid, and in many ways unexpected picture of the mythical figure of Stefansson.

Travelling Passions: The Hidden Life of Vilhjalmur Stefansson

Politics & Social Sciences

Kunz, Keneva

Gísli Pálsson

Anthropology

Not Avail

No translation is an independent and organic product. Its aim is to reproduce an existing, foreign work and its relationship to that same work is its defining characteristic. At the same time every translation is defined by its receiving audience to a greater extent than the original is likely to have been. For these reasons, the evaluation of translation poses considerably different problems than does the evaluation and criticism of original literature. This work entails a systematic examination of four English translations of the medieval Icelandic saga, Laxdæla Saga, ranging in date from 1899 to 1969, and thus reflecting the changing attitudes towards translation which have taken place in that time. An attempt is made to evaluate their respective quality using criteria derived from modern translation theory.

Retellers of Tales: An Evaluation of English Translations of Laxdaela Saga (Studia Islandica 51)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Iceland University Press

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