My thanks to Kevin J. Harty for alerting me of this collection, which contains two items of interest:
From Iceland to the Americas: Vinland and Historical Imagination
https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526128751/ (with full contents)
Edited by Tim William Machan and Jón Karl Helgason
Book Information
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-5261-2875-1
Pages: 304
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Series:
Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
Price: £80.00 / $120.00
Published Date: April 2020
Description
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.
Contents
11 'Who is this upstart Hitler?': Norse gods and American comics during the Second World War - Jón Karl Helgason
12 'There's no going back':
The Dark Knight and Balder's descent to Hel - Dustin Geeraert
Editors
Tim William Machan is Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame
Jón Karl Helgason is Professor of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Iceland
