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The Vikings and the Victorians: Inventing the Old North in 19th-Century Britain
Andrew Wawn
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Description for The Vikings and the Victorians: Inventing the Old North in 19th-Century Britain
Paperback. Features the Victorians' fascination with the old north. This title explores the ways in which the terms 'Viking' and 'Viking Age', both unknown in 1800, were invented, explored and popularised during the nineteenth century. It presents an account of the construction and translation of the Viking Age in Queen Victoria's Britain. Num Pages: 456 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AB; DSB; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 688.
The first book-length treatment of C19 fascination with Norse heroes. This is the first book-length treatment of the Victorians' fascination with the old north. It explores the ways in which the terms 'Viking' and 'Viking Age', both unknown in 1800, were invented, explored and popularised during thenineteenth century. The material examined - published and unpublished - includes novels, poems, plays, lectures, reviews, secondary school textbooks, saga-stead travelogues, private correspondence, art and music, as well as dictionaries, grammars and scholarly editions of eddas and sagas. In the cast of characters Sir Walter Scott, William Morris, Edward Elgar and Rudyard Kipling ... Read more
The first book-length treatment of C19 fascination with Norse heroes. This is the first book-length treatment of the Victorians' fascination with the old north. It explores the ways in which the terms 'Viking' and 'Viking Age', both unknown in 1800, were invented, explored and popularised during thenineteenth century. The material examined - published and unpublished - includes novels, poems, plays, lectures, reviews, secondary school textbooks, saga-stead travelogues, private correspondence, art and music, as well as dictionaries, grammars and scholarly editions of eddas and sagas. In the cast of characters Sir Walter Scott, William Morris, Edward Elgar and Rudyard Kipling ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
D.S. Brewer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780859916448
SKU
V9780859916448
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Reviews for The Vikings and the Victorians: Inventing the Old North in 19th-Century Britain
Fascinating and impressively scholarly ... a remarkable achievement. TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT [Heather O'Donoghue] Delightful, erudite... With immense knowledge and a sense of humor, Wawn has brought a world of great importance brilliantly to life.
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