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The Vikings on film : essays on depictions of the Nordic Middle Ages
- Title
- The Vikings on film : essays on depictions of the Nordic Middle Ages / edited by Kevin J. Harty.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2011.
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- Additional Authors
- Harty, Kevin J.
- Description
- viii, 228 p. : ill.; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "Essays discuss American, British and European productions. Analyzed in detail are such films as The Vikings (1958), The Long Ships (1964), Alfred the Great (1969), Erik the Viking (1989) and Outlander (2008), and a pair of comic-strip adaptations, the live-action Prince Valiant (1997) and the animated Astérix and the Vikings (2006). Comprehensive filmography included"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes filmography.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: "Save Us, O Lord, from the Fury of the Northmen"; or, "Do You Know What's in Your Wallet?" / Kevin J. Harty -- The Trope of the Scopic in The Vikings (1958) / Kathleen Coyne Kelly -- Guess Who's Coming to Plunder? Or, Disorientation and Desire in The Long Ships (1964) / Donald L. Hoffman -- "To be, or not to be"-King: Clive Donner's Alfred the Great (1969) / Christopher A. Snyder -- Valiant and Villainous Vikings / Alan Lupack -- Silly Vikings: Eichinger, Hickox, and Lorenz's Anglo-German-Irish Production of Hal Foster's Prince Valiant (1997) / Joseph M. Sullivan -- When Civilization Was Less Civilized: Erik the Viking (1989) / Susan Aronstein -- "The Love of All Mankind but Also the Love of One Woman Alone": Hrafn Gunnlaugsson's Shadow of the Raven (1988) / Joan Tasker Grimbert and Claudia Bornholdt -- Different Pathfinders, Different Destinations / Roberta Davidson -- Who's Savage Now?!-The Vikings in North America / Kevin J. Harty -- Call of the Wild: Culture Shock and Viking Masculinities in The 13th Warrior (1999) / Elizabeth S. Sklar -- Harrying an Infinite Horizon: The Ethics of Expansionism in Outlander (2008) / David W. Marshall -- Between Exploitation and Liberation: Viking Women and the Sexual Revolution / Laurie A. Finke and Martin B. Shichtman -- Time Out of Joint: Why a Gaul Fought the Normans in Asterix and the Vikings (2005) / Andrew B. R. Elliott -- Northern Lite: A Brief History of Animated Vikings / Michael N. Salda The Vikings on Film: A Filmography / Kevin J. Harty.
- Call Number
- MFL 11-8579
- ISBN
- 9780786460441 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 078646044X (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011006121
- OCLC
- YBP 2011006121
- Title
- The Vikings on film : essays on depictions of the Nordic Middle Ages / edited by Kevin J. Harty.
- Imprint
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes filmography.Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Harty, Kevin J.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 11-8579