Research Catalog

Title

The Vikings reimagined : reception, recovery, engagement / edited by Tom Birkett and Roderick Dale.

Publication

• Boston ; Berlin : De Gruyter : Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, [2019]
• © 2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Birkett, Tom
• Dale, Roderick

Description

x, 274 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm.

Summary

Rediscovering the Vikings 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.

Series Statement

The Northern medieval world : on the margins of Europe

Uniform Title

Northern medieval world.

Subjects

• Vikings
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Vikings > Congresses
• Middle Ages in popular culture > Congresses

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• Papers from a conference of the same name held at University College Cork on 25-26 November 2016.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction / Tom Birkett -- Vikings! / M.J. Driscoll -- My Vikings and Real Vikings : drama, documentary, and historical consultancy / Neil Price -- (Re)discovering the Vikings in Poland : from nineteenth-century Romantics to contemporary warriors / Leszek Gardela -- Women in Viking reenactment / Klaudia Karpińska -- Who's afraid of an electric torch? Reimagining gender and the Viking world in contemporary picturebooks / Jessica Clare Hancock -- The terrible Njorl's saga : comedic reimaginings of the Íslendingasögur from the Victorians to the present day / Thomas Spray -- The one that got away in Old Norse myth, Moby-Dick, and the work of Hugh McDonald / Heather O'Donoghue -- Death ere the afternoon : Jómsvíkinga saga and a scene in Hemingway's For whom the bell tolls / Richard North -- "(No more) reaving, roving, raiding, or raping" : the ironborn in George R.R. Martin's A song of ice and fire and HOB's Game of thrones / Carolyne Larrington -- A saga king in a Finnish Beijing opera / Kendra Willson -- "Pick up rune" : the use of runes in digital games / Maja Bäckvall -- From barbarian to brand : the Vikings as a marketing tool / Roderick Dale -- Raiding the Vikings : how does Ireland consume its Viking heritage? / Rebecca Boyd -- The great Viking fake-off : the cultural legacy of Norse voyages to North America Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough -- Afterword : tell these stories yourself / Kevin Crossley-Holland.

Call Number

JFE 20-2715

ISBN

• 1501518151
• 9781501518157

LCCN

2019947710

OCLC

1089004375

Title

The Vikings reimagined : reception, recovery, engagement / edited by Tom Birkett and Roderick Dale.

Publisher

Boston ; Berlin : De Gruyter : Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, [2019]

Copyright Date

© 2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The Northern medieval world : on the margins of Europe

Northern medieval world.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Birkett, Tom, editor.

Dale, Roderick, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 20-2715