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Nordic Sagas as Children s Literature
Author | : Velma Bourgeois Richmond |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2023-08-25 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781476649788 |
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This book examines translations of Icelandic sagas and the Victorian and Edwardian children's literature they inspired, some of which are canonical while others are forgotten. It covers authors like William Morris, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Gray, Walter Scott, H. Rider Haggard, W.H. Auden, John Greenleef Whittier and more. In lavish volumes and modest schoolbooks, British and American writers claimed Nordic heritage and explored Nordic traditions. The sagas offered a rich and wide-ranging source for these authors: Volsunga saga's Sigurd the dragon slayer; King Olaf's saga of opposing Nordic Gods and Christianity; Frithiof's model of headstrong youth beset with unfair opposition and lost love. Grettir and Njal tell of men who accepted fate and met conflict and enemies unflinchingly; Aslaug, Gudrida, Hallberga and Hervar exerted remarkable influence; and Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky provided Americans with a Nordic heritage of discovery.
The Monstrous Child
Author | : Francesca Simon |
Publsiher | : Faber & Faber |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2016-05-03 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780571330287 |
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A stunning, operatic, epic drama, like no other. Meet Hel, an ordinary teenager - and goddess of the Underworld. Why is life so unfair? Hel tries to make the bets of it, creating gleaming halls in her dark kingdom and welcoming the dead who she is forced to host for eternity. Until eternity itself is threatened. Francesca's first and wonderful foray into teen.
Nordic Sagas as Children s Literature
Author | : Velma Bourgeois Richmond |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2023-08-23 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781476691633 |
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This book examines translations of Icelandic sagas and the Victorian and Edwardian children's literature they inspired, some of which are canonical while others are forgotten. It covers authors like William Morris, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Gray, Walter Scott, H. Rider Haggard, W.H. Auden, John Greenleef Whittier and more. In lavish volumes and modest schoolbooks, British and American writers claimed Nordic heritage and explored Nordic traditions. The sagas offered a rich and wide-ranging source for these authors: Volsunga saga's Sigurd the dragon slayer; King Olaf's saga of opposing Nordic Gods and Christianity; Frithiof's model of headstrong youth beset with unfair opposition and lost love. Grettir and Njal tell of men who accepted fate and met conflict and enemies unflinchingly; Aslaug, Gudrida, Hallberga and Hervar exerted remarkable influence; and Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky provided Americans with a Nordic heritage of discovery.
Viking Myths and Sagas
Author | : Rosalind Kerven |
Publsiher | : Chartwell Books |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2017-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780785835554 |
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Written in consultation with leading academics.
The Children of Odin
Author | : Padraic Colum |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2012-01-24 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781442453548 |
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Before time as we know it began, gods and goddesses lived in the city of Asgard. Odin All Father crossed the Rainbow Bridge to walk among men in Midgard. Thor defended Asgard with his mighty hammer. Mischievous Loki was constantly getting into trouble with the other gods, and dragons and giants walked free. This collection of Norse sagas retold by author Padraic Colum gives us a sense of that magical time when the world was filled with powers and wonders we can hardly imagine.
Children s Literature in Hitler s Germany
Author | : Christa Kamenetsky |
Publsiher | : Ohio University Press |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2019-06-17 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780821446720 |
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Between 1933 and 1945, National Socialists enacted a focused effort to propagandize children’s literature by distorting existing German values and traditions with the aim of creating a homogenous “folk community.” A vast censorship committee in Berlin oversaw the publication, revision, and distribution of books and textbooks for young readers, exercising its control over library and bookstore content as well as over new manuscripts, so as to redirect the cultural consumption of the nation’s children. In particular, the Nazis emphasized Nordic myths and legends with a focus on the fighting spirit of the saga heroes, their community loyalty, and a fierce spirit of revenge—elements that were then applied to the concepts of loyalty to and sacrifice for the Führer and the fatherland. They also tolerated select popular series, even though these were meant to be replaced by modern Hitler Youth camping stories. In this important book, first published in 1984 and now back in print, Christa Kamenetsky demonstrates how Nazis used children’s literature to selectively shape a “Nordic Germanic” worldview that was intended to strengthen the German folk community, the Führer, and the fatherland by imposing a racial perspective on mankind. Their efforts corroded the last remnants of the Weimar Republic’s liberal education, while promoting an enthusiastic following for Hitler.
The Dragon s Hoard
Author | : Lari Don |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Children's stories, English |
ISBN | : OCLC:1413372880 |
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The Children of Odin
Author | : Padraic Colum |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2021-02-14 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9798709268623 |
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From master storyteller Padriac Colum, winner of a Newbery Honor for The Golden Fleece, comes a collection of fifteen timeless tales inspired by Norse mythology.Before time as we know it began, gods and goddesses lived in the city of Asgard. Odin All Father crossed the Rainbow Bridge to walk among men in Midgard. Thor defended Asgard with his mighty hammer. Mischievous Loki was constantly getting into trouble with the other gods, and dragons and giants walked free. This collection of Norse sagas retold by author Padraic Colum gives us a sense of that magical time when the world was filled with powers and wonders we can hardly imagine.