| Contemporary Nordic Literature and Spatiality 2020 Edition Contributor(s): Malmio, Kristina (Editor), Kurikka, Kaisa (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3030233553 ISBN-13: 9783030233556 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Literary Criticism | Modern - General - Literary Criticism | European - General |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.86 lbs) 307 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This open access collection offers a detailed mapping of recent Nordic literature and its different genres (fiction, poetry, and children's literature) through the perspective of spatiality. Concentrating on contemporary Nordic literature, the book presents a distinctive view on the spatial turn and widens the understanding of Nordic literature outside of canonized authors. Examining literatures by Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish authors, the chapters investigate a recurrent theme of social criticism and analyze this criticism against the welfare state and power hierarchies in spatial terms. The chapters explore various narrative worlds and spaces--from the urban to parks and forests, from textual spaces to spatial thematics, studying these spatial features in relation to the problems of late modernity. |