The Vikings Reimagined : : Reception, Recovery, Engagement /

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

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 r...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (X, 274 p.)
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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

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