Bilingual Wordplay in Kainn’s Poetry

• Main Author: Guðsteinsdóttir, Guðrún Björk
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Milli Mála 2022
• Subjects: Kristján Níels Jónsson Julius; Káinn; Kviðlingar; bilingual wordplay; ludic theory; tvítyngdir orðaleikir; leikfræði; Varpa; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/millimala/article/view/3682

Icelandic-American poet Kristján Níels Jónsson (1860–1936), whose initials, K. N., turned into the pen name Káinn, lived in North America, and wrote about his immediate reality in the language that he commanded exceptionally well, be it in pure and proper Icelandic, or peppered with English and Amer...