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Winter is coming : the medieval world of Game of thrones / Carolyne Larrington.
- Title
- Winter is coming : the medieval world of Game of thrones / Carolyne Larrington.
- Author
- Larrington, Carolyne
- Publication
- London I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2016.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PS3563.A7239 Z537 2016 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xv, 252 pages : illustrations; 20 cm.
- Summary
- Game of Thrones is a phenomenon. As Carolyne Larrington reveals in this essential companion to George R R Martin's fantasy novels and the HBO mega-hit series based on them the show is the epitome of water-cooler TV. It is the subject of intense debate in national newspapers; by PhD students asking why Westeros has yet to see an industrial revolution, or whether astronomy explains the continent's climatic problems and unpredictable solstices ('winter is coming'); and by bloggers and cultural commentators contesting the series' startling portrayals of power, sex and gender. Yet no book has divulged how George R R Martin constructed his remarkable universe out of the Middle Ages. Discussing novels and TV series alike, Larrington explores among other topics: sigils, giants, dragons and direwolves in medieval texts; ravens, old gods and the Weirwood in Norse myth; and a gothic, exotic orient in the eastern continent, Essos. From the White Walkers to the Red Woman, from Casterley Rock to the Shivering Sea, this is an indispensable guide to the twenty-first century's most important fantasy creation.
- Subject
- Martin, George R. R
- Game of thrones (Television program)
- Song of ice and fire (Martin, George R. R.)
- Middle Ages in popular culture
- Middle Ages in literature
- Middle Ages on television
- Fantasy television programs > Miscellanea
- Fantasy literature, American > History and criticism
- Fantasy literature, American
- Fantasy television programs
- Middle Ages in popular culture
- Middle Ages on television
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Trivia and miscellanea
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Centre -- ch. 2 The North -- ch. 3 The West -- ch. 4 Across the Narrow Sea -- ch. 5 The East.
- ISBN
- 9781784532567
- 1784532568
- OCLC
- 931750698
- SCSB-11968046
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library