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The Viking

A poem advertising the film â€˜The Vikingâ€™ on page 6 of the Darwin newspaper, the Northern Territory Times on July 24, 1931. The poem mentions historical Viking Age Danish kings Gorm and his son Harald Bluetooth, and other terms associated…

Tags: advertisement, advertisements, cinema, Darwin, film, Gorm, Harald Bluetooth, Northern Territory, Northern Territory Times, NT, poetry, saga, skald, viking, vikings

Sex, Power, and Chivalry â€“ Medieval to Modern Literature

An undergraduate unit taught by Louise Dâ€™Arcens at the University of Wollongong in New South Wales. The unit begins with literature from the medieval period, including texts by Malory, Marie de France, the Gawain poet and Troubadours,…

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Medieval in the Modern World

A second and third year undergraduate unit taught at The University of Western Australia. The unit was created by Andrew Lynch and features novels, poetry and film from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries that reinterpreted medieval…

'Romancing the Medieval' Unit

Level 3 undergraduate unit â€˜Romancing the Medievalâ€™ coordinated by Stephanie Trigg at the University of Melbourne. The unit covers a variety of genres of medieval literature, as well as post-16th century works that re-create or revive…

Troubadour Song

Hobart Gazette Van Dieman's Land Advertiser 1825 Poem.pdf

A poem featured in The Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser, which conforms to lyrical and bardic poetic traditions. It has medieval and classical undertones in both style and language.

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Browse Items (23 total)

The Viking

Sex, Power, and Chivalry â€“ Medieval to Modern Literature

Medieval in the Modern World

'Romancing the Medieval' Unit

Troubadour Song

Tristram and Iseult. A Long Narrative Poem.

When I was King, poem by Henry Lawson

Our Mistress and our Queen, poem by Henry Lawson