
Winter is Coming
by Carolyne (Official Fellow and Tutor in Medieval English Literature. Professor of Medieval European Literature Larrington
Title:
Winter is Coming
Author:
Carolyne (Official Fellow and Tutor in Medieval English Literature. Professor of Medieval European Literature Larrington
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
272 pages, 40 bw illus
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13:
9781350134744
EAN:
9781350134744
Publication Date:
11/07/2019
Classifications:
Film, Television and Radio
Weight (g):
382
Dimensions (mm):
129 x 197 x 25
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
The debate and discussion around Game of Thrones has covered questions of climate issues, industrialization, and questions of power, sex and gender. But in this essential companion to both George R.R. Martin''s novels and the HBO show, Carolyne Larrington explores how this remarkable universe was constructed from the actual Middle Ages. The book examines sigils, giants, dragons and direwolves in medieval texts; ravens, old gods and the Weirwood in Norse myth; and a gothic, exotic orient in the eastern continent, Essos. From the White Walkers to the Red Woman, from Casterly Rock to the Shivering Sea, this is an indispensable guide to the 21st-century''s most important fantasy creation.











