This worthy celebration of the scholarship and career of Úlfar Bragason consists of twelve essays of varying length treating a number of occasionally eclectic topics within the general fields of medieval and postmedieval Icelandic literature. In a brief introduction, the editors present the recipient's scholarly achievements and describe his untiring work, as director of the Sigurður Nordal Institute, to promote Icelandic Studies internationally. These outward-facing activities, the editors argue, explain the dominance of contributions from non-Icelandic scholars and the almost total absence of Icelandic contributors to the volume. Another Festschrift, Dansað við Úlfar: Nokkur spor stigin til heiðurs Úlfari Bragasyni sjötugum, with predominantly Icelandic contributors, was published in 2019.
As the title indicates, there is no overarching theme to the collection. The editors have therefore arranged the essays alphabetically according to the names of the contributors. In the following, I have divided them into three broad categories: contributions focusing/drawing...
