World Light
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World Light is a major novel by Icelandic Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness that follows the life of a poor, idealistic poet in rural Iceland and explores themes of art, poverty, and spiritual longing.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Halldór Laxness ⓘ |
| author | Halldór Laxness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completedPublicationYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iceland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| follows | life of a poor idealistic poet ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
modernist novel ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | World Light NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeForm | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Volume I
ⓘ
Volume II ⓘ Volume III NERFINISHED ⓘ Volume IV ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Icelandic rural life
ⓘ
artistic vocation ⓘ religious experience ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
modernism
ⓘ
social realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Ólafur Kárason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of realism and mysticism
ⓘ
exploration of the role of the artist in society ⓘ portrayal of an impoverished poet ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Icelandic ⓘ |
| partOf | 20th-century Icelandic literature ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | major work of Halldór Laxness ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1937–1940 ⓘ |
| publisher | Víkingsútgáfan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | rural Iceland ⓘ |
| theme |
art
ⓘ
creativity ⓘ poverty ⓘ redemption ⓘ social injustice ⓘ spiritual longing ⓘ suffering ⓘ |
| titleInIcelandic | Heimsljós NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
Czech
ⓘ
Danish ⓘ English ⓘ Finnish ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Norwegian ⓘ Polish ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ |
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