Islands on the Edge. Medieval and Early Modern National Images of Iceland and Greenland
In this article accounts of Iceland and Greenland from the late Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century will be examined with consideration given to the type of national images appearing there. The aim of the article is to explain these images and discuss their development and origin, not least h...
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ftunivquebec:oai:archipel.uqam.ca:10411 2023-07-16T03:56:49+02:00 Islands on the Edge. Medieval and Early Modern National Images of Iceland and Greenland Isleifsson, Sumarlidi R. Isleifsson, Sumarlidi R. Chartier, Daniel 2011 application/pdf http://archipel.uqam.ca/10411/1/222023427.pdf en eng Presses de l'Université du Québec http://archipel.uqam.ca/10411/ 222023427 http://archipel.uqam.ca/10411/1/222023427.pdf Isleifsson, Sumarlidi R. (2011). « Islands on the Edge. Medieval and Early Modern National Images of Iceland and Greenland », dans Iceland and Images of the North, sous la dir. de Isleifsson, Sumarlidi R. et Chartier, Daniel. Québec, Presses de l'Université du Québec, coll. «Droit au pôle », pp. 41-66. Iceland National images Greenland Images of the North Arctic Middle Ages 18th century Islands Imagology Postcolonial studies Representations of the North Far North Grand Nord Islande Groenland Moyen âge Arctique Chapitre de livre PeerReviewed 2011 ftunivquebec 2023-06-24T23:20:51Z In this article accounts of Iceland and Greenland from the late Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century will be examined with consideration given to the type of national images appearing there. The aim of the article is to explain these images and discuss their development and origin, not least how ideas about islands and the North in general have influenced the descriptions of these two countries. The research is based on two connected research traditions: the field of imagology and postcolonial studies, which means that the sources are studied as representations, as a discourse on islands in the periphery in the far North. Book Part Arctic Arctique* Greenland Groenland Iceland Islande UQAM - Université du Québec à Montréal: archipel Arctic Greenland |
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Iceland National images Greenland Images of the North Arctic Middle Ages 18th century Islands Imagology Postcolonial studies Representations of the North Far North Grand Nord Islande Groenland Moyen âge Arctique Isleifsson, Sumarlidi R. Islands on the Edge. Medieval and Early Modern National Images of Iceland and Greenland |
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In this article accounts of Iceland and Greenland from the late Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century will be examined with consideration given to the type of national images appearing there. The aim of the article is to explain these images and discuss their development and origin, not least how ideas about islands and the North in general have influenced the descriptions of these two countries. The research is based on two connected research traditions: the field of imagology and postcolonial studies, which means that the sources are studied as representations, as a discourse on islands in the periphery in the far North. |
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Islands on the Edge. Medieval and Early Modern National Images of Iceland and Greenland |
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Islands on the Edge. Medieval and Early Modern National Images of Iceland and Greenland |
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Islands on the Edge. Medieval and Early Modern National Images of Iceland and Greenland |
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Islands on the Edge. Medieval and Early Modern National Images of Iceland and Greenland |
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Islands on the Edge. Medieval and Early Modern National Images of Iceland and Greenland |
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islands on the edge. medieval and early modern national images of iceland and greenland |
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Presses de l'Université du Québec |
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http://archipel.uqam.ca/10411/ 222023427 http://archipel.uqam.ca/10411/1/222023427.pdf Isleifsson, Sumarlidi R. (2011). « Islands on the Edge. Medieval and Early Modern National Images of Iceland and Greenland », dans Iceland and Images of the North, sous la dir. de Isleifsson, Sumarlidi R. et Chartier, Daniel. Québec, Presses de l'Université du Québec, coll. «Droit au pôle », pp. 41-66. |
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