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Thor: Myth to Marvel
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Thor: Myth to Marvel Hardback - 2011 - 1st Edition

by Martin Arnold

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The myths of the Norse god Thor were preserved in the Icelandic Eddas, set down in the early Middle Ages. The bane of giants and trolls, Thor was worshipped as the last line of defence against all that threatened early Nordic society. Thor's significance persisted long after the Christian conversion and, in the mid-eighteenth century, Thor resumed a symbolic prominence among northern countries. Admired and adopted in Scandinavia and Germany, he became central to the rhetoric of national romanticism and to more belligerent assertions of nationalism. Resurrected in the latter part of the twentieth century in Marvel Magazine, Thor was further transformed into an articulation both of an anxious male sexuality and of a parallel nervousness regarding American foreign policy. Martin Arnold explores the extraordinary regard in which Thor has been held since medieval times and considers why and how his myth has been adopted, adapted and transformed.

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  • Title Thor: Myth to Marvel
  • Author Martin Arnold
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Continnuum-3PL
  • Publication date 2011-08-04
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781441137159 / 1441137157
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.9 in (23.62 x 15.75 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Topical: New Age
  • Category New Age / Body, Mind & Spirit
  • Library of Congress subjects Thor (Norse deity)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011389694
  • Dewey Decimal Code 293.211

About the author

Martin Arnold is Professor of Scandinavian Literature at Hull University. He is the author of The Vikings (Continuum, 2006).

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