Kevin J. Harty: The Vikings on Film

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Factual and fanciful tales of the Nordic warriors known as Vikings have proven irresistible to filmmakers for nearly a century. Diverse, prominent actors from Kirk Douglas, Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier to Tim Robbins and John Cleese, and noted directors, including Richard Fleischer, Clive Donner and Terry Jones, have all lent their talents to Viking-related films. These fourteen essays on films dealing with the Viking era discuss American, British and European productions. Analyzed in detail are such films as The Vikings (1958), The Long Ships (1964), Alfred the Great (1969), Erik the Viking (1989) and Outlander (2008), as well as two comic-strip adaptations, the 1954 and 1989 films of Prince Valiant and the animated Asterix and the Vikings (2006). A comprehensive filmography is also included.

Über den Autor

Kevin J. Harty, professor and formerly chair of English and coordinator of the Undergraduate General Education Core at La Salle University in Philadelphia, is associate editor of Arthuriana, the official journal of the North American Branch of the International Arthurian Society (of which he is the former president). He has previously written or edited 14 books, including ground-breaking studies of depictions of the Middle Ages on film.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction: "Save Us, O Lord, from the Fury of the Northmen"; or, "Do You Know What's in Your Wallet?"

KEVIN J. HARTY

The Trope of the Scopic in The Vikings (1958)

KATHLEEN COYNE KELLY

Guess Who's Coming to Plunder? Or, Disorientation and Desire in The Long Ships (1964)

DONALD L. HOFFMAN

"To be, or not to be"-King: Clive Donner's Alfred the Great (1969)

CHRISTOPHER A. SNYDER

Valiant and Villainous Vikings

ALAN LUPACK

Silly Vikings: Eichinger, Hickox, and Lorenz's Anglo-German-Irish Production of Hal Foster's Prince Valiant (1997)

JOSEPH M. SULLIVAN

When Civilization Was Less Civilized: Erik the Viking (1989)

SUSAN ARONSTEIN

"The Love of All Mankind but Also the Love of One Woman Alone": Hrafn Gunnlaugsson's Shadow of the Raven (1988)

JOAN TASKER GRIMBERT and CLAUDIA BORNHOLDT

Different Pathfinders, Different Destinations

ROBERTA DAVIDSON

Who's Savage Now?!-The Vikings in North America

KEVIN J. HARTY

Call of the Wild: Culture Shock and Viking Masculinities in The 13th Warrior (1999)

ELIZABETH S. SKLAR

Harrying an Infinite Horizon: The Ethics of Expansionism in Outlander (2008)

DAVID W. MARSHALL

Between Exploitation and Liberation: Viking Women and the Sexual Revolution

LAURIE A. FINKE and MARTIN B. SHICHTMAN

Time Out of Joint: Why a Gaul Fought the Normans in Astérix and the Vikings (2005)

ANDREW B. R. ELLIOTT

Northern Lite: A Brief History of Animated Vikings

MICHAEL N. SALDA

The Vikings on Film: A Filmography

KEVIN J. HARTY

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Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2011
Genre:	Importe , Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Theater & Film
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780786460441
ISBN-10:	078646044X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion:	Harty, Kevin J.
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	254 x 178 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Kevin J. Harty
Erscheinungsdatum:	22.04.2011
Gewicht:	0,456 kg