Nordic Narratives of Nature and the Environment Ecocritical Approaches to Northern European Literatures and Cultures

This work presents ecocritical research on literature, film and other media from northern Europe. Examining the role of culture, history and society in the forming of Nordic narratives of nature and the environment, the anthology offers a comprehensive and multi-faceted overview of the most recent ecocritical research in Scandinavian studies.

About the author

Reinhard Hennig is associate professor of Nordic literature at the University of Agder.Anna-Karin Jonasson is junior lecturer in the Department of Humanities at Mid Sweden University and PhD candidate at Åbo Akademi University.Peter Degerman is senior lecturer of comparative literature, Mid Sweden University.Reinhard Hennig is associate professor of Nordic literature at the University of Agder.Anna-Karin Jonasson is junior lecturer in the Department of Humanities at Mid Sweden University and PhD candidate at Åbo Akademi University.Peter Degerman is senior lecturer of comparative literature, Mid Sweden University.Jørgen Bruhn is professor of comparative literature at Linnaeus University, Sweden and director of Linnaeus University Centre for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies.

Summary

This work presents ecocritical research on literature, film and other media from northern Europe. Examining the role of culture, history and society in the forming of Nordic narratives of nature and the environment, the anthology offers a comprehensive and multi-faceted overview of the most recent ecocritical research in Scandinavian studies.

Product details

• Assisted by: Reinhard Hennig (Editor), Anna-Karin Jonasson (Editor), Peter Degerman (Editor)
• Authors: Reinhard Jonasson Hennig, Reinhard Hennig
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.12.2018
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other Germanic linguistics / literary studies; Fiction > Poetry, drama
• EAN: 9781498561907
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-6190-7
• Pages: 258
• Series: Ecocritical Theory and Practice; Ecocritical Theory and Practic; Ecocritical Theory and Practic; Ecocritical Theory and Practice
• Subjects: Die Natur: Sachbuch, Nordeuropa, Skandinavien, NATURE / General, Literature, Culture, Denmark, Environment, Norway, Finland, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Nature, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian, Sweden, natural history, Nordic Countries, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Ecocriticism, Literature: history & criticism, scandinavian studies, Nature and the natural world: general interest, European Literature, Literature: history and criticism, Sápmi, ecocritical research, Northern European