Staff profile
Overview

Affiliation | Room number | Telephone |
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Member of the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies |
Research interests
- Old Norse literature (esp. mythological poetry)
- records of early English drama
- Durham medieval texts
- Old and Middle English poetry
- Durham Medieval Drama Group
- medieval acting style
Research groups
- Medieval Studies
Awarded Grants
- 2013: Records of Early English Drama: The North East(£785055.00 from Arts and Humanities Research Council)
Media Contacts
Available for media contact about:
- English Literature & Drama: medieval & early renaissance drama
- English Literature & Drama: Mythology (especially Norse)
- English Literature & Drama: Viking studies (especially literature)
- English Literature & Drama: late medieval poetry
Publications
Authored book
- McKinnell, J. (2005). Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend. Woodbridge: D.S. Brewer.
- McKinnell, J., Simek, Rudolf. & Düwel, Klaus. (2004). Runes, Magic and Religion. A Sourcebook. Vienna: Fassbaender.
- McKinnell JS (1998). The Sequence of the Sacrament at Durham. University of Teeside.
- McKinnell JS & ME Ruggerini (1994). Both One and Many: Essays on Change and Variety in Late Norse Heathenism. Rome: Calamo.
Chapter in book
- McKinnell, J. (2003). 'Encounters with Völur.'. In Old Norse Myths, Literature and Society. Ross, Margaret Clunies. Odense: University Press of Southern Denmark. The Viking Collection Studies in Northern civilization 14: 110-131.
- McKinnell, J (2002). ‘Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Hyndluljóð’. In Mythological Women. Studies in Memory of Lotte Motz. Rudolf Simek & Wilhelm Heizmann Wien: Studia Medievalia Septentrionalia 7: 265-290.
- John McKinnell (2001). Eddic Poetry in Anglo-Scandinavian Northern England. In Vikings and the Danelaw. Select Papers from the Proceedings of the Thirteenth Viking Congress. James Graham-Campbell, Richard Hall, Judith Jesch, & David Parsons Oxford: Oxbow. 327-344.
- McKinnell, J. (2001). 'Significant Gestures: Two Medieval Illustrations of Classical Theatre.'. In Porci ante Margaritam: Essays in honour of Meg Twycross. Carpenter, Sarah, King, Pamela & Meredith, Peter Leeds: University of Leeds, School of English. Leeds Studies in English, New Series 32: 289-320.
- John McKinnell (2001). Ögmundar þáttr: Versions, Structure and Ideology. In Sagnaheimur. Studies in Honour of Hermann Pálsson. Ásdís Egilsdóttir, & Rudolf Simek Vienna: Fassbaender. 6: 159-174.
Edited book
- McKinnell, John., Ashurst, David. & Kick, Donata. (2006). The Fantastic in Old Norse / Icelandic Literature. Sagas and the British Isles. Preprint Papers of the 13th International Saga Conference, Durham and York, 6th-12th August, 2006. Durham: University of Durham, Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Journal Article
- McKinnell, J. (2007). Wisdom from the dead the Ljóðatal section of Hávamál. Medium Ævum 76: 85-115.
- John McKinnell (2005). Hávamál B: A Poem of Sexual Intrigue. Saga-Book 29(2005): 83-114.
- McKinnell, J. (2001). ‘On Heiðr’. Saga-Book 25(4): 394-417.
- McKinnell JS (2000). The Medieval Pageant Wagons at York: their Orientation and Height. Early Theatre 3 : 79-104.
- McKinnell, J. (2000). The Medieval pageant waggons at York their orientation and height. Early theatre 3(1): 79-104.
- McKinnell JS (2000). Myth as Therapy: the Usefulness of Brymskvida. Medium Aevum 69(1): 1-20.
Other (Digital/Visual Media)
- John McKinnell (production director), & David Williams (video director) (2004). Hick Scorner. (video of play)
- Henry Medwall (2001). Nature (ca. 1495). (video of a play)