Children's Literature and Old Norse Medievalism

Children's Literature and Old Norse Medievalism

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Clark, David
Arc Humanities Press
EAN: 9781802701463
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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.
EAN 9781802701463
ISBN 180270146X
Binding Ebook
Publisher Arc Humanities Press
Publication date September 30, 2023
Language English
Country Uruguay
Authors Clark, David
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