Gylfi Gunnlaugsson, cand. mag. (1990), University of Iceland, is a researcher at the Reykjavik Academy. He has taught at the University of Kiel and the University of Iceland. He has published extensively on the reception of Old Norse literature in later periods..Clarence E. Glad, Ph.D. (1992), Brown University, is a researcher at the Reykjavik Academy. He has published monographs and articles on nineteenth century Icelandic cultural nationalism and on the Pauline heritage in Early Christianity, including Paul and Philodemus (Brill, 1995).

"This volume (...) is highly descriptive, biographical, and of great utility. In twelve chapters, the fortunes and misfortunes of scholars and their motivations for claiming authority are explored. People otherwise lost to time and known only from the title pages of old volumes are brought to life, their work placed in context, and their connections, roles, and struggles made clear." – Roderick McDonald, in: Parergon 40.2 (2023)

• AcknowledgmentsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionGylfi Gunnlaugsson1 Whose Cultural Heritage?Icelandic Philological Research and Its Repercussions before 1830Gylfi Gunnlaugsson2 “Sacred Isle! Mightiest Temple of Remembrance!”Rasmus Rask, Iceland and the Icelandic LanguageAlderik H. Blom3 Müller’s MethodThe Resurrection of Danish Saga TranslationsAnnette Lassen4 Icelandic-Danish Cooperation and Disputes 1816–1858Clarence E. Glad5 Sveinbjörn EgilssonPhilologist, Translator and TeacherClarence E. Glad6 Rudolf Keyser and His Use of Old Norse Texts in the Norwegian National InitiativeJon Gunnar Jørgensen7 Jón SigurðssonA Philologist Captive in the Image of a National HeroClarence E. Glad8 The Invigorating Childhood Memories of the NorthOn Grímur Thomsen’s Scholarly Work and PoetryGylfi Gunnlaugsson9 National Liberty and Its ShortcomingsBenedikt Gröndal’s De studiis classicis and the Dichotomizing of Icelandic and French IdentitiesHjalti Snær Ægisson10 Guðbrandur VigfússonAn Icelandic Philologist in OxfordRagnheiður Mósesdóttir11 Finnur Jónsson, Editor of EverythingMatthew James Driscoll12 Between Hekla and DofrafjallBjörn M. Ólsen, Finnur Jónsson and the Origins of the Eddic PoemsSimon HalinkIndex

Gylfi Gunnlaugsson, cand. mag. (1990), University of Iceland, is a researcher at the Reykjavik Academy. He has taught at the University of Kiel and the University of Iceland. He has published extensively on the reception of Old Norse literature in later periods..Clarence E. Glad, Ph.D. (1992), Brown University, is a researcher at the Reykjavik Academy. He has published monographs and articles on nineteenth century Icelandic cultural nationalism and on the Pauline heritage in Early Christianity, including Paul and Philodemus (Brill, 1995).

"This volume (...) is highly descriptive, biographical, and of great utility. In twelve chapters, the fortunes and misfortunes of scholars and their motivations for claiming authority are explored. People otherwise lost to time and known only from the title pages of old volumes are brought to life, their work placed in context, and their connections, roles, and struggles made clear." – Roderick McDonald, in: Parergon 40.2 (2023)

• AcknowledgmentsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionGylfi Gunnlaugsson1 Whose Cultural Heritage?Icelandic Philological Research and Its Repercussions before 1830Gylfi Gunnlaugsson2 “Sacred Isle! Mightiest Temple of Remembrance!”Rasmus Rask, Iceland and the Icelandic LanguageAlderik H. Blom3 Müller’s MethodThe Resurrection of Danish Saga TranslationsAnnette Lassen4 Icelandic-Danish Cooperation and Disputes 1816–1858Clarence E. Glad5 Sveinbjörn EgilssonPhilologist, Translator and TeacherClarence E. Glad6 Rudolf Keyser and His Use of Old Norse Texts in the Norwegian National InitiativeJon Gunnar Jørgensen7 Jón SigurðssonA Philologist Captive in the Image of a National HeroClarence E. Glad8 The Invigorating Childhood Memories of the NorthOn Grímur Thomsen’s Scholarly Work and PoetryGylfi Gunnlaugsson9 National Liberty and Its ShortcomingsBenedikt Gröndal’s De studiis classicis and the Dichotomizing of Icelandic and French IdentitiesHjalti Snær Ægisson10 Guðbrandur VigfússonAn Icelandic Philologist in OxfordRagnheiður Mósesdóttir11 Finnur Jónsson, Editor of EverythingMatthew James Driscoll12 Between Hekla and DofrafjallBjörn M. Ólsen, Finnur Jónsson and the Origins of the Eddic PoemsSimon HalinkIndex

Gylfi Gunnlaugsson, cand. mag. (1990), University of Iceland, is a researcher at the Reykjavik Academy. He has taught at the University of Kiel and the University of Iceland. He has published extensively on the reception of Old Norse literature in later periods..Clarence E. Glad, Ph.D. (1992), Brown University, is a researcher at the Reykjavik Academy. He has published monographs and articles on nineteenth century Icelandic cultural nationalism and on the Pauline heritage in Early Christianity, including Paul and Philodemus (Brill, 1995).

"This volume (...) is highly descriptive, biographical, and of great utility. In twelve chapters, the fortunes and misfortunes of scholars and their motivations for claiming authority are explored. People otherwise lost to time and known only from the title pages of old volumes are brought to life, their work placed in context, and their connections, roles, and struggles made clear." – Roderick McDonald, in: Parergon 40.2 (2023)

• AcknowledgmentsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionGylfi Gunnlaugsson1 Whose Cultural Heritage?Icelandic Philological Research and Its Repercussions before 1830Gylfi Gunnlaugsson2 “Sacred Isle! Mightiest Temple of Remembrance!”Rasmus Rask, Iceland and the Icelandic LanguageAlderik H. Blom3 Müller’s MethodThe Resurrection of Danish Saga TranslationsAnnette Lassen4 Icelandic-Danish Cooperation and Disputes 1816–1858Clarence E. Glad5 Sveinbjörn EgilssonPhilologist, Translator and TeacherClarence E. Glad6 Rudolf Keyser and His Use of Old Norse Texts in the Norwegian National InitiativeJon Gunnar Jørgensen7 Jón SigurðssonA Philologist Captive in the Image of a National HeroClarence E. Glad8 The Invigorating Childhood Memories of the NorthOn Grímur Thomsen’s Scholarly Work and PoetryGylfi Gunnlaugsson9 National Liberty and Its ShortcomingsBenedikt Gröndal’s De studiis classicis and the Dichotomizing of Icelandic and French IdentitiesHjalti Snær Ægisson10 Guðbrandur VigfússonAn Icelandic Philologist in OxfordRagnheiður Mósesdóttir11 Finnur Jónsson, Editor of EverythingMatthew James Driscoll12 Between Hekla and DofrafjallBjörn M. Ólsen, Finnur Jónsson and the Origins of the Eddic PoemsSimon HalinkIndex