The Vikings Reimagined: Reception, Recovery, Engagement

Published by Medieval Institute Publications 2020

The Vikings Reimagined

Reception, Recovery, Engagement

Edited by: Tom Birkett and Roderick Dale

In the series The Northern Medieval World

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501513886

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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 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.

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Tom Birkett, University College Cork, Ireland; Roderick Dale, University of Nottingham, UK.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
List of Figures Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction Tom Birkett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Vikings! M. J. Driscoll Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2. My Vikings and Real Vikings: Drama, Documentary, and Historical Consultancy Neil Price Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
3. (Re)discovering the Vikings in Poland: From Nineteenth-Century Romantics to Contemporary Warriors Leszek Gardeła Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
4. Women in Viking Reenactment Klaudia Karpińska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
5. Who’s Afraid of an Electric Torch? Reimagining Gender and the Viking World in Contemporary Picturebooks Jessica Clare Hancock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
6. The Terrible Njorl’s Saga: Comedic Reimaginings of the Íslendingasögur from the Victorians to the Present Day Thomas Spray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
7. The One that Got Away in Old Norse Myth, Moby-Dick, and the Work of Hugh MacDiarmid Heather O’Donoghue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
8. Death ere the Afternoon: Jómsvíkinga saga and a Scene in Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls Richard North Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
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 Carolyne Larrington Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
10. A Saga King in a Finnish Beijing Opera Kendra Willson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
11. “Pick up Rune”: The Use of Runes in Digital Games Maja Bäckvall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
12. From Barbarian to Brand: The Vikings as a Marketing Tool Roderick Dale Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
13. Raiding the Vikings: How Does Ireland Consume Its Viking Heritage? Rebecca Boyd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
14. The Great Viking Fake-Off: The Cultural Legacy of Norse Voyages to North America Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
Afterword: Tell These Stories Yourself Kevin Crossley-Holland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Audience: Mediävisten, Skandinavisten, Historiker
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 274
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 4
- Coloured Illustrations: 11
Keywords: Vikings; Viking Age; Old Norse; Identity; Rediscovery

eBook

Published: January 20, 2020
ISBN: 9781501513886

Hardcover

Published: January 20, 2020
ISBN: 9781501518157