Winter is Coming

The Medieval World of Game of Thrones

• Author(s): Carolyne Larrington,
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Pages: 272
• ISBN_10: 1350134740
  ISBN_13: 9781350134744
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Europe / Medieval , Literary Collections / Medieval , Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / Reference , Body, Mind & Spirit / Celtic Spirituality , Performing Arts / Television / General , Performing Arts / Television / Guides & Reviews , Performing Arts / Television / History & Criticism , Science / Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Human Geography ,

Description:... "Game of Thrones is a phenomenon. As Carolyne Larrington reveals in this essential companion to George R R Martin's fantasy novels and the HBO mega-hit series based on them the show is the epitome of water-cooler TV. It is the subject of intense debate in national newspapers; by PhD students asking why Westeros has yet to see an industrial revolution, or whether astronomy explains the continent's climatic problems and unpredictable solstices ('winter is coming'); and by bloggers and cultural commentators contesting the series' startling portrayals of power, sex and gender. Yet no book has divulged how George R R Martin constructed his remarkable universe out of the Middle Ages. Discussing novels and TV series alike, Larrington explores among other topics: 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 Casterley Rock to the Shivering Sea, this is an indispensable guide to the twenty-first century's most important fantasy creation."--Bloomsbury Publishing.