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…mehr
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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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.
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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 About the Contributors Index
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 About the Contributors Index
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