{"product_id":"the-vikings-reimagined-9781501518157","title":"The Vikings Reimagined","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRediscovering the Vikings explores the changing perception of the Vikings across different cultural forms and reassesses the many complex roles that Norse cultures play in the contemporary world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of Figures\u003cbr\u003e Introduction by Tom Birkett\u003cbr\u003e 1. Vikings! by M. J. Driscoll\u003cbr\u003e 2. My Vikings and \u003cem\u003eReal Vikings\u003c\/em\u003e: Drama, Documentary and Historical Consultancy by Neil Price\u003cbr\u003e 3. (Re)discovering the Vikings in Poland: From Nineteenth-Century Romantics to Contemporary Warriors by Leszek Gardeła\u003cbr\u003e 4. Women in Viking Reenactment by Klaudia Karpińska\u003cbr\u003e 5. Who’s Afraid of an Electric Torch?: Reimagining Gender and the Viking World in Contemporary Picturebooks by Jessica Clare Hancock\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Terrible \u003cem\u003eNjorl’s Saga\u003c\/em\u003e: Comedic Reimaginings of the \u003cem\u003eÍslendingasögur\u003c\/em\u003e from the Victorians to the Present Day by Thomas Spray\u003cbr\u003e 7. The One that Got Away in Old Norse Myth, \u003cem\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/em\u003e, and the Work of Hugh MacDiarmid by Heather O’Donoghue\u003cbr\u003e 8. Death ere the afternoon: \u003cem\u003eJómsvíkinga saga\u003c\/em\u003e and a Scene in Hemingway's \u003cem\u003eFor Whom the Bell Tolls\u003c\/em\u003e by Richard North\u003cbr\u003e 9. \"(No More) Reaving, Roving, Raiding, or Raping\": The Ironborn in George R. R. Martin’s \u003cem\u003eA Song of Ice and Fire\u003c\/em\u003e and HBO’s \u003cem\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/em\u003e by Carolyne Larrington\u003cbr\u003e 10. A Saga King in a Finnish Beijing Opera by Kendra Willson\u003cbr\u003e 11. \"Pick up Rune\": The Use of Runes in Digital Games by Maja Bäckvall\u003cbr\u003e 12. From Barbarian to Brand: The Vikings as a Marketing Tool by Roderick Dale\u003cbr\u003e 13. Raiding the Vikings: How does Ireland Consume Its Viking Heritage? by Rebecca Boyd\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Great Viking Fake-Off: The Cultural Legacy of Norse Voyages to North America by Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough\u003cbr\u003e Afterword: Tell These Stories Yourself by Kevin Crossley-Holland\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"de Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52084976451927,"sku":"9781501518157","price":95.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-vikings-reimagined-9781501518157","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}