A forgotten God remembered: the Wayland Smith legend in Kenilworth and Puck of Pook’s Hill

Mackley, J. S. (2011) A forgotten God remembered: the Wayland Smith legend in Kenilworth and Puck of Pook’s Hill. Paper presented to: English and Welsh Diaspora: Regional Cultures, Disparate Voices, Remembered Lives, Loughborough University, 2011-01-01.

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Abstract:

This paper considers the character of Wayland Smith as he appears in the first volume of Walter Scott’s Kenilworth and the first chapter of Rudyard Kipling’s Puck of Pook’s Hill. With a rise in interest in what was originally a Scandinavian legend, the story developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. This paper explores the material used by the two authors, as well as the material that they omitted. In particular it considers Wayland in terms of spatial and temporal Diaspora and how the character moves within the story as well as how it was translated from Berkshire to Sussex

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Wayland Smith, Saxon, Scandinavian mythology

Creators:

Mackley, J. S.

Editors:

Wolfreys, J.

Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:

Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Research Centres > Centre for Critical and Creative Writing

Date:

1 January 2011

Date Type:

Publication

Journal or Publication Title:

English and Welsh Diaspora: Regional Cultures, Disparate Voices, Remembered Lives

Event Title:

English and Welsh Diaspora: Regional Cultures, Disparate Voices, Remembered Lives

Event Dates:

2011-01-01

Event Location:

Loughborough University

Event Type:

Other

Language:

English

Status:

Published / Disseminated

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