From Iceland to the Americas: Vinland and Historical Imagination (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781526128751)

This volume investigates the reception of a small historical fact with wide-ranging social, cultural and imaginative consequences. Inspired by Leif Eiriksson's visit to Vinland in about the year 1000, novels, poetry, history, politics, arts and crafts, comics, films and video games have all come to reflect rising interest in the medieval Norse and their North American presence. Uniquely in reception studies, From Iceland to the Americas approaches this dynamic between Nordic history and its reception by bringing together international authorities on mythology, language, film and cultural studies, as well as on the literature that has dominated critical reception. Collectively, the chapters not only explore the connections among medieval Iceland and the modern Americas, but also probe why medieval contact has become a modern cultural touchstone.

Author: Tim William Machan
ISBN-10: 1526128756
ISBN-13: 9781526128751
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/07/2020
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d