| Nordic Narratives of Nature and the Environment: Ecocritical Approaches to Northern European Literatures and Cultures Contributor(s): Hennig, Reinhard (Editor), Jonasson, Anna-Karin (Editor), Degerman, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1498561926 ISBN-13: 9781498561921 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $44.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Scandinavian - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Nature - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Dewey: 839.5 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6" W x 9" (0.85 lbs) 258 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Many contemporary environmental risks and global environmental changes occurring today are unprecedented in the history of human life on earth. However, the images and narratives through which humans relate to these phenomena are built on existing cultural tropes and narrative models. Cultural, social, and historical contexts strongly influence how we construct images and narratives of nature and the environment. It is therefore highly important to study such narratives in works of literature, film, and other forms of cultural expression in relation to the specific circumstances from which they arise. Nordic Narratives of Nature and the Environment is the first English language anthology that presents ecocritical research on northern European literatures and cultures. The contributors examine specifically Nordic narratives of nature and the environment, with a focus on the cultures and literatures of the modern northern European countries Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, including S pmi, which is the land traditionally inhabited by the indigenous Sami people. Covering northern European literatures and cultures over a period of more than two centuries, this anthology provides substantial insights into both old and new narratives of nature and the environment as well as intertextual relations, the variety of cultural traditions, and current discourses connected to the Nordic environmental imagination. Case studies relating to works of literature, film, and other media shed new light on the role of culture, history and society in the formation of narratives of nature and the environment, and offer a comprehensive and multi-faceted overview of the most recent ecocritical research in Scandinavian studies. |