Vikings on Film

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.

“this is a volume that has long been awaited”—Arthuriana; “such criticisms aside, though, this is still a useful exploration into the range of depictions of Vikings in cinema”—Parergon; “splendid”—Medievally Speaking.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction: “Save Us, O Lord, from the Fury of the Northmen”; or, “Do You Know What’s in Your Wallet?”      KEVIN J. HARTYThe Trope of the Scopic in The Vikings (1958)      KATHLEEN COYNE KELLYGuess 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. SNYDERValiant and Villainous Vikings      ALAN LUPACKSilly Vikings: Eichinger, Hickox, and Lorenz’s Anglo-German-Irish Production of Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant (1997)      JOSEPH M. SULLIVANWhen 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 BORNHOLDTDifferent Pathfinders, Different Destinations      ROBERTA DAVIDSONWho’s Savage Now?!—The Vikings in North America      KEVIN J. HARTYCall of the Wild: Culture Shock and Viking Masculinities in The 13th Warrior (1999)      ELIZABETH S. SKLARHarrying an Infinite Horizon: The Ethics of Expansionism in Outlander (2008)      DAVID W. MARSHALLBetween Exploitation and Liberation: Viking Women and the Sexual Revolution      LAURIE A. FINKE and MARTIN B. SHICHTMANTime Out of Joint: Why a Gaul Fought the Normans in Astérix and the Vikings (2005)      ANDREW B. R. ELLIOTTNorthern Lite: A Brief History of Animated Vikings      MICHAEL N. SALDAThe Vikings on Film: A Filmography      KEVIN J. HARTYAbout the Contributors      Index