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WORKS IN ENGLISH FROM AND ABOUT THE FAROE ISLANDS
460: Joensen, Leyvoy: Barbara and the
Dano-Faroese Moment
in: Marnersdóttir, Malan/Sigurðardóttir,
Turið (eds): Uthavsdagar. Oceaniske dage.
(= Annales Societatis Scientiarum Færoen-
sis, Supplementum XXIX). Tórshavn (Fróð-
skaparsetur Føroya) 2000, pp. 64-87, refe-
rences
<An assessment of the importance of J.-F. Jacobsen’s
novel ”Barbara” for the national literature and iden-
tity in the Faroes>
461: Joensen, Leyvoy: Atlantis, Bábylon,
Tórshavn: The Djurhuus Brothers and Wil-
liam Heinesen in Faroese Literary History
in: Scandinavian Studies, vol. 74, 2002, no. 2,
pp. 181-204, references
<A detailed assessment of the role the Djurhuus
brothers and W. Heinesen played in the history of
Faroese literature, culture and identity>
462: Joensen, Robert: At glaða og brenna
vita
Klaksvík [Egið forlag] 1961, 84 pp„ 1 map
<An account of how signalling by fire and smoke
was used by the Faroese to send messages about
the sighting of pilot whales (at glaða) or to pass
messages of more general contents (at brenna vita).
English summary on pp. 82-83>
463: Johannesen, Niclas: Songwriter with a
signature
in: Atlantic Review. Winter 2002, pp. 24-29, 3
b/w-photographs
<An interview with the Faroese singer and song-
writer Teitur Lassen (* 1977, Tórshavn)>
464: Jóhansen, Anfinnur: Færøsk person-
navneforskning
in: Wahlberg, Mats (red.): Den nordiska namn-
forskningen: i gár, i dag, i morgon... (= Norna-
rapporter; 67). Uppsala 1997, pp. 229-246, 4
figures, references
<English summary: "Faroese personal-name
research” on p. 246>
465: Jóhansen, Anfinnur: Aspects of the
development of Faeroese personal names
during 1000 years - a short overview
in: Onoma, vol. 27,2002, pp. 251-266, 6 tables,
2 diagrams, references
<A review of the main aspects of the development of
Faroese names from the Viking Age until the present
time, especially names with Nordic and ecclesiasti-
cal provenance. In the same volume of ”Onoma”
there are short mentions of the Faroes in Botolv
Helleland’s paper ”Place-name care and standardiza-
tion in the Nordic countries” , pp. 325-356, here pp.
338-339 and in Eva Brylla’s paper "Personal name
planning in the Nordic countries”, pp. 357-370, here
p. 366>
466: Johansen, Tryggvi/Olafson, Arni (eds):
The Faroe Islands. A brief introduction
Copenhagen (Faroese Government Office), [3rd
edition] 1999, 8 pp„ figures
<An informative portrait of the Faroes providing
information about geography, population, history,
Home Rule, public institutions, politics, language
and culture, religion, foreign relations, economy,
education, living standards, pilot whaling, and tour-
ism>
467: Johnson, Donald S.: Phantom Islands
of the Atlantic
Fredericton, New Brunswick (Goose Lane
Editions) 1994, 232 pp„ figures, references.
Several Iater editions
<Comprehensive study of the role the "phantom
islands” of the Atlantic played for the history of
discovery and cartography. In chapt. VI, ”Frisland”
(pp. 85-106), Johnson deals with the ”Zeno-con-
troversy” between R.H. Major and F.W. Lucas, in
which Major claimed that the legendary island of
Frisland on the Zeno map was identical with the
Faroe Islands. In chapt. XI, ”The Islands of Saint
Brendan” (pp. 175-206), the author looks into the
famous "Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis” and
also deals with the hypothesis put forward by several
historians that St. Brendan visited the Faroe Islands
during his legendary voyage and called them ”The
Island of Sheep”>