Carolyne Larrington
Författare till The Norse Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Heroes
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Carolyne Larrington is Professor of Medieval European Literature at University of Oxford, UK. She is the author of The Women's Companion to Mythology (1997), King Arthur's Enchantresses (2006), The Land of the Green Man (2015, Bloomsbury Academic) and Winter is Coming (2019, Bloomsbury Academic), visa mer among others. visa färre
Verk av Carolyne Larrington
The Land of the Green Man: A Journey through the Supernatural Landscapes of the British Isles (1800) 85 exemplar
A Store of Common Sense: Gnomic Theme and Wisdom in Old Icelandic and Old English Wisdom Poetry (1993) 3 exemplar
The Poetic Edda: Revised 2014 Edition — Översättare; Översättare — 1 exemplar
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- 1959-09-05
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- St. John's College
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- 57
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Winter is Coming (2016) interrogates GoT Books 1-5 and Seasons 1-5, so All Men Must Die: Power and Passion in Game of Thrones (2021) is its sequel, but unlike Winter is Coming which has a lot of love at Goodreads, All Men Must Die seems to have disappointed the diehard fans.
Whatever about that, I found it fascinating to read in Winter is Coming about the ways in which the series draws on history, mythology and medieval literature tropes. The book is segmented into an Introduction and five chapters which explore the Known World and its power bases in the North, the West and the East. But despite their differences, these power bases have much in common, much of which is derived from the medieval world.
(Which are, as we see in the end, amoral weapons of mass destruction wielded in the pursuit of power.)
BEWARE: SPOILERS
Outsiders of low status play crucial roles in the GoT narrative. This is a world where Rank, Birth and Honour determine life chances from the outset, and everyone — even Shagga (the low-status leader of the Stone Crows) announces his lineage at the moment of introduction. In the old English epic poem, Beowulf the narrator makes repeated references to Beowulf's father Ecgtheow, which evokes memories of his deeds and makes his son acceptable to the King of the Danes. So it is in GoT.
Yet Lord Varys rises from a childhood as a castrated beggar to the Small Council, despite having no land, no House, and only an honorific title. Lord Baelish is a newbie. He only inherited his land and title recently and he's a social inferior with the derisive nickname 'Littlefinger' but he rises to be Master of Coin. Bronn is only a sellsword (a mercenary) but his friendship with Tyrion Lannister is for sale at a critical moment, enabling him to rise without any lineage. And then there's Jon Snow...
(And that's because Jon Snow has Honour despite his dubious lineage!)
To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2023/04/07/winter-is-coming-2016-by-carolyne-larrington...… (mer)