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Why 'Game of Thrones' Matters

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Duration: 0:56:42 | Added: 12 May 2020
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Duration: 0:56:42 | Added: 12 May 2020
'Game of Thrones' and storytelling.

In 'Why Game of Thrones Matters', Carolyne Larrington discusses some reasons for the popularity of the HBO series, explores some of its principal themes and considers ways in which it both is – and isn't – like other epic fantasies.

Carolyne Larrington teaches medieval English literature at St John's College, Oxford. She is the author of 'Winter is Coming: the Medieval World of Game of Thrones' (Bloomsbury, 2015) and her new book on the show, 'All Men Must Die' is forthcoming from Bloomsbury later this year.

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