All Men Must Die
Power and Passion in Game of Thrones
1st Edition
Published on 14. January 2021
296 pages
978-1-350-14154-4 (ISBN)
Description
'All men must die': or 'Valar Morghulis', as the traditional Essos greeting is rendered in High Valyrian. And die they do - in prodigious numbers; in imaginatively varied and gruesome ways; and often in terror within the viciously unpredictable world that is HBO's sensational evocation of Game of Thrones. Epic in scope and in imaginative breadth, the stories that are brought to life tell of the dramatic rise and fall of nations, the brutal sweeping away of old orders and the advent of new autarchs in the eternal quest for dominion.
Yet, as this book reveals, many potent and intimate narratives of love and passion can be found within these grand landscapes of heroism, honour and death. They focus on strong relationships between women and family, as well as among the anti-heroes, the 'cripples, bastards and broken things'. In this vital follow-up to Winter Is Coming (2015), acclaimed medievalist Carolyne Larrington explores themes of power, blood-kin, lust and sex in order to draw entirely fresh meanings out of the show of the century.
Yet, as this book reveals, many potent and intimate narratives of love and passion can be found within these grand landscapes of heroism, honour and death. They focus on strong relationships between women and family, as well as among the anti-heroes, the 'cripples, bastards and broken things'. In this vital follow-up to Winter Is Coming (2015), acclaimed medievalist Carolyne Larrington explores themes of power, blood-kin, lust and sex in order to draw entirely fresh meanings out of the show of the century.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
40 bw illus
ISBN-13
978-1-350-14154-4 (9781350141544)
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01/2021
Bloomsbury Academic
€21.00
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Person
Carolyne Larrington is Professor of Medieval European Literature at University of Oxford, UK. She is the author of The Women's Companion to Mythology (1997), King Arthur's Enchantresses (2006), The Land of the Green Man (2015) and Winter is Coming (2015), among others.
Content
List of Illustrations
List of Episodes
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Institutions and the Family
2. Identity
3. Power and Knowledge
4. Love, Desire and Hate
5. Gods, Demons and Monsters
6. Us and Them: Gender and Marginalization
Afterword
Bibliography
Index
List of Episodes
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Institutions and the Family
2. Identity
3. Power and Knowledge
4. Love, Desire and Hate
5. Gods, Demons and Monsters
6. Us and Them: Gender and Marginalization
Afterword
Bibliography
Index
