The Medieval Worlds of Neil Gaiman
eBook - ePub

The Medieval Worlds of Neil Gaiman

From Beowulf to Sleeping Beauty

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Medieval Worlds of Neil Gaiman

From Beowulf to Sleeping Beauty

About this book

Neil Gaiman is one of the most widely known writers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, having produced fiction and nonfiction, fantasy and horror, television, comics, and prose. He often attributes this eclecticism to his "compost heap" approach to writing, gathering inspiration from life, religion, literature, and mythology.

Readers love to sink into Gaiman's medieval worlds—but what makes them "medieval"? Shiloh Carroll offers an introduction to the idea of medievalism, how the literature and culture of the Middle Ages have been reinterpreted and repurposed over the centuries, and how the layers of interpretation have impacted Gaiman's own use of medieval material. She examines influences from Norse mythology and Beowulf to medieval romances and fairy tales in order to expand readers' understanding and appreciation of Gaiman's work, as well as the rest of the medievalist films, TV shows, and books that are so popular today.
 

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction. Neil Gaiman and Medievalism
  6. Chapter One. Sandman and Everyman
  7. Chapter Two. Crossing the Threshold: Sandman and Medieval Dream Visions
  8. Chapter Three. Abandon Hope: Sandman Goes to Hell
  9. Chapter Four. The Wizard Tim: The Books of Magic
  10. Chapter Five. “To the World”: Good Omens and the Apocalypse
  11. Chapter Six. Poisoned Apples and Magic Roses: Fable and Fairy Tale
  12. Chapter Seven. “Go and Catch a Falling Star”: Stardust and the Fairy-Tale Tradition
  13. Chapter Eight. “Loki Has Done This”: Norse Mythology
  14. Chapter Nine. Odin and Low Key and Shadow: American Gods
  15. Chapter Ten. “Eating, Drinking, Killing, and Fornicating”: Robert Zemeckis’s Beowulf
  16. Chapter Eleven. Where Shadow Meets Grendel: Beowulf, “Bay Wolf,” and “The Monarch of the Glen”
  17. Epilogue. “Make Good Art”: Some Final Thoughts
  18. Acknowledgments
  19. Notes
  20. References
  21. Index