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Author:   Tim William Machan ,  Jón Karl Helgason
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9781807070403

ISBN 10:   1807070409
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   23 June 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Vinland on the brain: remembering the Norse – Tim William Machan Part I: Imagination and ideology 2 Journeys to the centre of the mind: Iceland in the literary and the professorial imagination – Seth Lerer 3 The ‘Viking tower’ in Newport, Rhode Island: fact, fiction, and film – Kevin J. Harty 4 Critiquing Columbus with the Vinland sagas – Matthew Scribner 5 Vinland and white nationalism – Verena Höfig Part II: Landscapes and cultural memory 6 Migration of a North Atlantic seascape: Leif Eiriksson, the 1893 World’s Fair, and the Great Lakes landnám – Amy C. Mulligan 7 Norwegian-American ‘missions of education’ and Old Norse literature – Bergur Þorgeirsson 8 Americans in Sagaland: Iceland travel books 1854-1914 – Emily Lethbridge 9 The good sense to lose America: Vinland as remembered by Icelanders – Simon Halink Part III: Recasting the past 10 Spectral Vikings in nineteenth-century American poetry – Angela Sorby 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 13 Old Norse in the New World: the mythology of emigration in Neil Gaiman’s American Gods – Heather O’Donoghue Bibliography Index -- .

Reviews

‘Anyone interested in the history of the idea of Vinland, the Vikings, and the impact these ideas had (and still have) on the historical imagination of the Americas will find ample food for thought in this volume.’ — David F. Johnson (Florida State University) Arthuriana -- .

Author Information

Tim William Machan is Mary Lee Duda Professor of Literature, University of Notre Dame Jn Karl Helgason is Professor of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Iceland

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