Rasmus Kristian Rask. Hugsað stórt í litlu landi Political Process With introductory text by historian

With introductory text by historian Arnþór Gunnarsson

Lorenza Garcia

There is light and there is dark

This book is Arnastofnun's contribution to celebrating the one hundred year anniversary of Icelandic women's right to vote

Publisher Iceland Academy of the Arts

Rasmus Kristian Rask. Hugsað stórt í litlu landi Political Process With introductory text by historianRasmus Kristian Rask (17871832) was a linguistic and language enthusiast par excellence. He was also very ambitious on behalf of Icelandic culture and language. One of those that started Hi slenska bkmenntaflag (The Icelandic Literature Society) in 1816, he was a pioneer in many fields of society in Iceland in the nineteenth century. This book, written by Kirsten Rask, also sheds light on the many struggles and hardships he had to overcome in his