View source for Koht, Halvdan. Egil Skallagrímsson – diktaren

* '''Author''': Koht, Halvdan
* '''Title''': Egil Skallagrímsson – diktaren
* '''Published in''': ''Menn i historia'' 
* '''Place, Publisher''': Oslo: Aschehoug
* '''Year''': 1963
* '''Pages''': 1-13
* '''E-text''': 
* '''Reference''': Koht, Halvdan. "Egil Skallagrímsson – diktaren." ''Menn i historia.'' Oslo: Aschehoug, 1963, pp. 1-13.
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* '''Key words''': poetry, intertextuality (kveðskapur, textatengsl)



==Annotation==
Halvdan Koht describes Egill as a great and strong poet who started composing poetry about fighting and killing at an early age, which he then later acted out. Koht makes a connection between Ibsen and Egill; Ibsen often refers to Egill in his writings about the Norwegian fight for independence from Sweden in the second half of the 19th century. Ibsen also alludes to Sonatorrek by Egill by making the death of a young son the topic for his play ''The Vikings at Helgeland''. Koht relates that as a whole, Egil’s poems are characterized by originality which is the result of his great vocabulary and his creativity. 
 
==Lýsing==

Greinarhöfundur lýsir Agli sem miklu og merku skáldi sem byrjar mjög ungur að yrkja og yrkir mikið um bardaga og manndráp sem hann fremur. Síðan tengir hann Ibsen við Egil; Ibsen vísar oft í Egil í skrifum sínum um sjálfstæðisbaráttu Norðmanna undan Svíum á seinni hluta 19. aldar. Hann vísar einnig óbeint í Sonatorrek eftir Egil með því að fjalla um mikinn sonamissi í einu leikriti sínu, ''Hermönnunum á Hálogalandi''. Í heildina litið einkennast verk Egils af frumleika, sem stafar af þeim mikla orðaforða og sköpunargáfunni sem hann bjó yfir.


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* ''Written by:'' Jan-Erik Måløy 
* ''English translation:'' Andri M. Kristjánsson

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