Magic, Literature and Climate Pedagogy in a Time of Ecological Crisis

Channeling the creative potential of humanity to transition towards joyous and just futures in times of life-threatening climate change, this book uses metaphors of magic and shapeshifting to imagine livable futures achievable through other-than-rational means.

About the author

Sofia Ahlberg is Vice Dean at the Faculty of Languages at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Product details

• Authors: Sofia Ahlberg, Sofia Ahlberg
• Assisted by: Greg Garrard (Editor), Greg Garrard (Editor), Richard Kerridge (Editor), Richard Kerridge (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 19.03.2026
• EAN: 9781350401181
• ISBN: 978-1-350-40118-1
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Environmental Cultures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Science Fiction, Fantasy, Africa, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Nature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Australian & Oceanian, natural history, Ireland, Folklore, myths & legends, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Australasia, Oceania, Pacific Islands, Atlantic Islands, Literary studies: from c 2000, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)