Carolyne Larrington

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Carolyne Larrington (born 1959) [1] is an emeritus research fellow in English Literature of St John's College at the University of Oxford.

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Education and career

Larrington earned her bachelor's degree in medieval English language and literature from St Catherine's College, Oxford, [2] followed in 1989 by an Oxford Doctor of Philosophy degree in Old English and Old Norse with a thesis on gnomic poetry, [3] which was published in 1993 as A Store of Common Sense: Gnomic Themes and Style in Old Icelandic and Old English Wisdom Poetry. [2] [4] [5]

After positions as a junior research fellow at Christ Church and teaching in Japan and at New College, in 1989 she was appointed for five years as a supernumerary fellow at St John's College, the college's first female fellow. [6] She subsequently taught medieval literature at other Oxford colleges, at De Montfort University and at Birkbeck University. In 1999 she returned to St John's, where she was made an official fellow in 2014. In 2016 she became Professor of Medieval European Literature at Oxford. [7] In 2023 she retired and became an emeritus research fellow at St John's.

Research and publications

Larrington's research has mostly concerned Norse mythology and medieval Arthurian literature. Her areas of focus have included portrayals of emotion in medieval literature. [7] She translated the Poetic Edda for Oxford World's Classics in 1996 [8] (revised in 2014) [9] and in 2017 published a handbook of Norse mythology, Norse Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Heroes. [10] In 2023 she published The Norse Myths That Shape the Way We Think, a work in a series on world mythologies. [11] [12] [13] [14] In Celtic mythology and Arthurian literature, she published The Land of the Green Man: A Journey Through the Supernatural Landscapes of the British Isles in 2015. [15] She has also published two books on Game of Thrones : Winter Is Coming: The Medieval World of "Game of Thrones" [16] and All Men Must Die: Power and Passion in Game of Thrones. [17] [18]

Honours

In August 2018, she was awarded the Icelandic Order of the Falcon for services to Icelandic literature. [19] [20]

Selected books

References

  1. ↑ "Summary Bibliography: Carolyne Larrington" . Internet Speculative Fiction Database . Archived from the original on 14 February 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Prof. Dr. Carolyne Larrington: Visiting Research Fellow". University of Siegen . Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Carolyne Larrington (1989). Old Icelandic and Old English wisdom poetry: gnomic themes and styles (DPhil). University of Oxford, Faculty of English. OCLC   863264722.
  4. ↑ D. A. H. Evans (1994–97). "A STORE OF COMMON SENSE: GNOMIC THEME AND STYLE IN OLD ICELANDIC AND OLD ENGLISH WISDOM POETRY. By CAROLYNE LARRINGTON. Clarendon Press. Oxford, 1993". Saga-Book (review). 24: 180–86.
  5. ↑ Margaret Clunies Ross (1996). "Review: A Store of Common Sense: Gnomic Theme and Style in Old Icelandic and Old English Wisdom Poetry. (Oxford English Monographs.) By Carolyne Larrington. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993. By Carolyne Larrington". JEGP . 95 (1): 80–82. JSTOR   27711261.
  6. ↑ Carolyne Larrington (October 2019). "From none to a Network: 40 Years of Women at St John's" (PDF). St John's College, Oxford . Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Professor Carolyne Larrington: Emeritus Research Fellow in English Literature". St John's College, Oxford. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  8. ↑ Edward Pettit; John Porter (1998–2001). "THE POETIC EDDA. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by CAROLYNE LARRINGTON. The World's Classics. Oxford University Press. Oxford and New York, 1996". Saga-Book (review). 25: 92–95. JSTOR   48613153.
  9. ↑ "The Poetic Edda, Second Edition, Carolyne Larrington, Oxford World's Classics". Oxford University Press . Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  10. ↑ Jennifer Harris (15 February 2017). "The Norse Myths: A Guide to the Gods and Heroes by Carolyne Larrington Thames & Hudson. Feb. 2017". Library Journal (review). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  11. ↑ Neil Fisher (4 March 2023). "The Norse Myths That Shape the Way We Think by Carolyne Larrington review — why we love the Viking gods". The Times . Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  12. ↑ Katy Guest (9 March 2023). "The Norse Myths That Shape the Way We Think by Carolyne Larrington review – Thor blimey". The Guardian . Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  13. ↑ Lizzie Enfield (16 March 2023). "The six ancient Norse myths that still resonate today". BBC News . Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  14. ↑ Eleanor Barraclough (19 May 2023). "Going berserk: Ancient Norse myths brought to life for the modern era". The Times Literary Supplement . Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  15. ↑ Ronald Hutton (2015). "Home with the Fairies". The Times Literary Supplement (review). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  16. ↑ Jane Harlond (19 September 2016). "Winter is Coming by Carolyne Larrington". Historia. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  17. ↑ "Sex, death, politics, nudity and violence - why Game of Thrones was so loved, and how TV executives are trying to repeat its success". South China Morning Post . Agence France-Presse. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  18. ↑ Carolyne Larrington (28 January 2021). "Game of Thrones is a gateway to medieval writing – and shows how we're shaped by our past". Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  19. ↑ "Professor Carolyne Larrington awarded Order of the Falcon". University of Oxford. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  20. ↑ "Nýir fálkaorðuhafar". Forseti Íslands Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (in Icelandic). 13 August 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
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