Spectral Memories of Icelandic Culture: Memory, Identity and the Haunted Imagination in Contemporary Art and Literature

• Main Author: Knútsdóttir, Vera
• Other Authors: Gunnþórunn Guðmundsdóttir, Íslensku- og menningardeild (HÍ), Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies (UI), Hugvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Humanities (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Iceland, School of Humanities, Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies 2021
• Subjects: Reimleikar; Myndlist; Íslenskar bókmenntir; Sjálfsmynd (sálfræði); Draugar; Doktorsritgerðir; The Spectre; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/2560

The thesis examines what I term spectral memories in Icelandic culture and focuses on the interplay between memory, identity and the haunted imagination in contemporary literary texts and visual works of art. I employ the term “spectral” to define memories that have for various reasons been forgotte...