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  • Forbidden Literature

    Case Studies on Censorship

    Edited by Erik Erlanson, Jon Helgason, Peter Henning, Linnéa Lindsköld ...
    Freedom of the printed word is a defining feature of the modern world. Yet censorship and the suppression of literature never cease, and remain topical issues even in the most liberal of democracies. Today, just as in the past, advances in media technology are followed by new regulatory mechanisms. Similarly, any attempt to control cultural expression inevitably spurs fresh discussions about ... Read more

    $41.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Echoes of Valhalla

    The Afterlife of the Eddas and Sagas

    by Jón Karl Helgason ...
    Tolkien’s wizard Gandalf, Wagner’s Valkyrie Brünnhilde, Marvel’s superhero the Mighty Thor and the Vikings heading for Valhalla in Led Zeppelin’s ‘Immigrant Song’: these are just a few examples of how Icelandic medievalliterature has shaped the human imagination during the past 150 years.Echoes of Valhalla is a unique account of modern adaptations of the Icelandic eddas (poems of Norse mythology) ... Read more

    $36.89 CAD

  • Hype

    Bestsellers and Literary Culture

    Edited by Jon Helgason, Sara Kärrholm, Ann Steiner ...
    In the world of books and literature, “hype” is associated with bestsellerism - the books that sell the most, are read by vast numbers, and constantly talked about in media and staff rooms. Often, it is the success in itself that generates an interest because popularity begets popularity. Quite often though, a hyped bestseller is met with a skeptic criticism of poor language, a badly constructed ... Read more

    $26.49 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hype : bestsellers and literary culture

    Edited by Jon Helgason, Sara Kärrholm, Ann Steiner ...
    Bästsäljare är böcker som säljer i stora upplagor, som får ett stort antal läsare och är omtalade i medier och bland läsare. Trots att bästsäljare kan anses vara den mest synliga litteraturen på bokmarknaden har forskning om hur de skapas, framställs och mottas varit begränsad, likaså forskning kring bästsäljares kulturella och sociala betydelse. I forskningsantologin Hype är bästsäljaren som ... Read more

    $21.94 CAD

  • Women´s language : an analysis of style and expression in letters before 1800

    Edited by Hedda Gunneng, Eva Hættner Aurelius, Jon Helgason ...
    ”Overall, the book summarises an ambitious project that draws on corpora and stylistics to investigate the empirical validity of a theoretical cornerstone in feminist literary criticism. The transparency of the analyses is impressive, with detailed appendices illustrating the main findings, the corpora contents, and the methods of statistical test”Journal of Literary SemanticsFör svensk text, se ... Read more

    $21.94 CAD

  • Women's Language

    An Analysis of Style and Expression in Letters Before 1800

    Edited by Eva Haettner Aurelius, Hedda Gunneng, Jon Helgason ...
    By linguistic close-reading of more than a thousand letters from the 12th through the 18th centuries - written in Latin, Swedish, French, German, and English - this compilation analyzes the differences in language and communication between women and men. Armed with an exhaustive stylistic analysis, this volume attempts to answer the question Is there a special niche reserved for women's language? ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From Iceland to the Americas

    Vinland and historical imagination

    Edited by Tim William Machan, Jón Karl Helgason ...
    Series series Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
    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 ... Read more

    $142.99 CAD

  • Egil, the Viking Poet

    New Approaches to 'Egil's Saga'

    Edited by Laurence de Looze, Jon Karl Helgason, Russell Poole, Torfi H. Tulinius ...
    Series series Toronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series (TONIS)
    Egil, the Viking Poet focuses on one of the best-known Icelandic sagas, that of the extraordinary hero Egil Skallagrimsson. Descended from a lineage of trolls, shape-shifters, and warriors, Egil’s transformation from a precocious and murderous child into a raider, mercenary, litigant, landholder, and poet epitomizes the many facets of Viking legend.The contributors to this collection of essays ... Read more

    $59.19 CAD

  • Forbidden Literature: Case studies on censorship

    by Klara Arnberg, Dag Heede, Kristin Johansson, Kenneth Lindegren, Åsa Ljungström, Liviu Malita, Ilona Savolainen, Claus Schatz-Jakobsen ...
    Så länge det har funnits litteratur har det även funnits försök att kontrollera och styra den. Konst och litteratur är ofta gränsöverskridande, och en betydande del av de texter som vi numera räknar till de litterära klassikerna har från början uppfattats som provocerande, blasfemiska eller anstötliga. Provokationen är ett kännetecken för den moderna litteraturen och har alltsedan 1800-talets mitt ... Read more

    $24.03 CAD

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  • Media Resistance

    Protest, Dislike, Abstention

    by Trine Syvertsen ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book is open access under a CC BY license.New media divide opinion; many are fascinated while others are disgusted. This book is about those who dislike, protest, and try to abstain from media, both new and old. It explains why media resistance persists and answers two questions: What is at stake for resisters and how does media resistance inspire organized action?Despite the interest in ... Read more

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  • In Defence of History

    by Richard J. Evans ...
    "A lucid, muscular, and often sly reflection" on the worth and purpose of historical scholarship by the award-winning author of The Third Reich Trilogy ( Kirkus).In this volume, the renowned historian Richard J. Evans offers a fervent and deeply insightful defense of his craft and its importance to civilization. At a time when fact and historical truth are under unprecedented assault, Evans shows ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Children's Literature

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Kimberley Reynolds ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Children's literature takes many forms - works adapted for children in antiquity, picture books and pop-ups - and now includes the latest online games and eBooks. This vast and amorphous subject is both intimately related to other areas of literary and cultural investigation but also has its own set of concerns, issues and challenges. From familiar authors including Beatrix Potter and Roald Dahl, ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD