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1. Vikings!
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M. J. Driscoll
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements V
- Contents VII
- List of Figures IX
- Introduction 1
- 1. Vikings! 19
- 2. My Vikings and Real Vikings: Drama, Documentary, and Historical Consultancy 28
- 3. (Re)discovering the Vikings in Poland: From Nineteenth-Century Romantics to Contemporary Warriors 44
- 4. Women in Viking Reenactment 69
- 5. Who’s Afraid of an Electric Torch? Reimagining Gender and the Viking World in Contemporary Picturebooks 89
- 6. The Terrible Njorl’s Saga: Comedic Reimaginings of the Íslendingasögur from the Victorians to the Present Day 107
- 7. The One that Got Away in Old Norse Myth, Moby-Dick, and the Work of Hugh MacDiarmid 129
- 8. Death ere the Afternoon: Jómsvíkinga saga and a Scene in Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls 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 162
- 10. A Saga King in a Finnish Beijing Opera 180
- 11. “Pick up Rune”: The Use of Runes in Digital Games 201
- 12. From Barbarian to Brand: The Vikings as a Marketing Tool 214
- 13. Raiding the Vikings: How Does Ireland Consume Its Viking Heritage? 232
- 14. The Great Viking Fake-Off: The Cultural Legacy of Norse Voyages to North America 250
- Afterword: Tell These Stories Yourself 267
- Index 273
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements V
- Contents VII
- List of Figures IX
- Introduction 1
- 1. Vikings! 19
- 2. My Vikings and Real Vikings: Drama, Documentary, and Historical Consultancy 28
- 3. (Re)discovering the Vikings in Poland: From Nineteenth-Century Romantics to Contemporary Warriors 44
- 4. Women in Viking Reenactment 69
- 5. Who’s Afraid of an Electric Torch? Reimagining Gender and the Viking World in Contemporary Picturebooks 89
- 6. The Terrible Njorl’s Saga: Comedic Reimaginings of the Íslendingasögur from the Victorians to the Present Day 107
- 7. The One that Got Away in Old Norse Myth, Moby-Dick, and the Work of Hugh MacDiarmid 129
- 8. Death ere the Afternoon: Jómsvíkinga saga and a Scene in Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls 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 162
- 10. A Saga King in a Finnish Beijing Opera 180
- 11. “Pick up Rune”: The Use of Runes in Digital Games 201
- 12. From Barbarian to Brand: The Vikings as a Marketing Tool 214
- 13. Raiding the Vikings: How Does Ireland Consume Its Viking Heritage? 232
- 14. The Great Viking Fake-Off: The Cultural Legacy of Norse Voyages to North America 250
- Afterword: Tell These Stories Yourself 267
- Index 273
