Clark Children’s Literature and Old Norse Medievalism

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-80270-146-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 217 Seiten

This book explores the ways in which contemporary authors respond to and rework key aspects of Old Norse history and viking culture for young twenty-first-century audiences. Why are contemporary authors and audiences so manifestly attracted to the viking past? In what ways do writers respond to Norse sources? How do the narratives they tell reflect our beliefs about and desires for the past, our constructions of childhood and adolescence, our anxieties around gender, sexuality, and ethnicity? How do these texts engage with a future occluded by apocalyptic ecological threat? David Clark explores these questions through readings of a rich body of diverse material which retells, updates, and transforms Norse culture. The volume contextualizes Norse medievalism and explores how thematic foci on gender, sexuality, disability, and ethnicity relate to contemporary concerns around these topics, and the construction of childhood.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clark, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, Märchen, Mythen, Sagen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volkskunde: Sitten, Traditionen, Mythen, Legenden
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie des Brauchtums und der Traditionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction: The End Chapter 2: Age-Related Categories Chapter 3: Generic Categories Chapter 4: Transformational Fantasy Chapter 5: Horned Helmets and Comic Anachronism Chapter 6: Viking Reputation Chapter 7: Runes and Magic Chapter 8: The Power of Story Chapter 9: Race and Ethnicity Chapter 10: Heroism Chapter 11: Viking Masculinity Chapter 12: Viking Femininity Chapter 13: Viking Sex and Gender Chapter 14: Bowdlerization Chapter 15: Sexuality Chapter 16: Ecological Threat Chapter 17: Norse Medievalism in Alan Early’s Father of Lies Trilogy Chapter 18: Avoiding the End of Days: K. L. Armstrong and M. A. Marr’s Blackwell Pages Chapter 19: Rick Riordan’s Magnus Chase Series and Norse Medievalism Chapter 20: Conclusion Select Bibliography of Frequently Cited Works

Über Autor(innen)

Clark David :

David Clark is the author of three monographs, four edited collections, and a crime novel, and for many years taught and researched medieval literatures, gender and sexuality studies, creative writing, and contemporary medievalism. He currently teaches Musical Theatre and vocal repertoire sessions for London College of Music, and writes and sings around Manchester.