Mercury Series; Cultural Studies 65
676 pages; 20 photographs; 1 map; 6.75x9.5"; paper
English This selection of 274 items of Icelandic-Canadian popular poetry consists largely of occasional verses (mostly traditional quatrains) and longer poems. Most of them are Icelandic, but a few are in English. They cover a wide range of topics dealing with all aspects of Icelandic immigrants' daily life, and they were composed between 1880s and 1969.