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Old Norse in the New World: The Mythology and Politics of Immigration and Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods'

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A talk by Professor Heather O'Donoghue, Lincoln College, Oxford on Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods' and in particular the relationship to Old Norse mythology, and the issues of immigration and modern-day America. Professor O'Donoghue is Professor of Old Norse and Vigfusson Rausing Reader in Ancient Icelandic Literature and Antiquities at the University of Oxford.

A transcript is available here.

Date Published: 25 June 2021
Contributors:
Heather O'Donoghue
In Collection(s): Fantasy Literature: Further Thinking
Cite: Old Norse in the New World: The Mythology and Politics of Immigration and Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods' by Heather O'Donoghue at via http://writersinspire.org/content/old-norse-new-world-mythology-politics-immigration-neil-gaimans-american-gods. Published on 25 June 2021. Accessed on 23 December 2024.

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