The Vikings Reimagined : : Reception, Recovery, Engagement / / ed. by Tom Birkett, Roderick Dale.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Birkett, Tom,; Boyd, Rebecca,; Bäckvall, Maja,; Crossley-Holland, Kevin,; Dale, Roderick,; Driscoll, M. J.,; Gardeła, Leszek,; Hancock, Jessica Clare,; Karpińska, Klaudia,; Larrington, Carolyne,; North, Richard,; O’Donoghue, Heather,; Price, Neil,; Rosamund Barraclough, Eleanor,; Spray, Thomas,; Willson, Kendra,
• HerausgeberIn: Birkett, Tom,; Dale, Roderick,
• Place / Publishing House: Kalamazoo, MI : : Medieval Institute Publications, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: The Northern Medieval World : On the Margins of Europe
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (X, 274 p.)

The Vikings Reimagined explores the changing perception of Norse and Viking cultures across different cultural forms, and the complex legacy of the Vikings in the present day. Bringing together experts in literature, history and heritage engagement, this highly interdisciplinary collection aims to reconsider the impact of the discipline of Old Norse Viking Studies outside the academy and to broaden our understanding of the ways in which the material and textual remains of the Viking Age are given new meanings in the present. The diverse collection draws attention to the many roles that the Vikings play across contemporary culture: from the importance of Viking tourism, to the role of Norse sub-cultures in the formation of local and international identities. Together these collected essays challenge the academy to rethink its engagement with popular reiterations of the Vikings and to reassess the position afforded to ‘reception’ within the discipline.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1. Vikings! -- 2. My Vikings and Real Vikings: Drama, Documentary, and Historical Consultancy -- 3. (Re)discovering the Vikings in Poland: From Nineteenth-Century Romantics to Contemporary Warriors -- 4. Women in Viking Reenactment -- 5. Who’s Afraid of an Electric Torch? Reimagining Gender and the Viking World in Contemporary Picturebooks -- 6. The Terrible Njorl’s Saga: Comedic Reimaginings of the Íslendingasögur from the Victorians to the Present Day -- 7. The One that Got Away in Old Norse Myth, Moby-Dick, and the Work of Hugh MacDiarmid -- 8. Death ere the Afternoon: Jómsvíkinga saga and a Scene in Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls -- 9. “(No More) Reaving, Roving, Raiding, or Raping”: The Ironborn in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones -- 10. A Saga King in a Finnish Beijing Opera -- 11. “Pick up Rune”: The Use of Runes in Digital Games -- 12. From Barbarian to Brand: The Vikings as a Marketing Tool -- 13. Raiding the Vikings: How Does Ireland Consume Its Viking Heritage? -- 14. The Great Viking Fake-Off: The Cultural Legacy of Norse Voyages to North America -- Afterword: Tell These Stories Yourself -- Index