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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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Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Other Authors: Birkett, Tom (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt, Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Boyd, Rebecca (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Bäckvall, Maja (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Crossley-Holland, Kevin (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Dale, Roderick (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt, Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Driscoll, M. J. (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Gardeła, Leszek (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Hancock, Jessica Clare (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Karpińska, Klaudia (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Larrington, Carolyne (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), North, Richard (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), O'Donoghue, Heather (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Price, Neil (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Rosamund Barraclough, Eleanor (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Spray, Thomas (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb), Willson, Kendra (Contributor, https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Kalamazoo, MI : Medieval Institute Publications, [2020]
Series:The Northern Medieval World
Subjects:
Vikings
Altnordisch
Identität
Wiederentdecken
Wikinger
Wikingerzeit
HISTORY / Medieval
Identity
Old Norse
Rediscovery
Viking Age
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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