Overview

Creative Responses to Environmental Crises and Aesthetics in Nordic Art and Literature gives a broad perspective on artistic responses to climate change and other environmental crises in the Nordic countries. Showcasing examples of environmental literature, visual art and entertainment from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, the chapters of the volume reflect the complex interplay of the local, regional and global in environmental art and activism. Authored by established and notable scholars in the field of Nordic ecocriticism, the volume highlights the complex and vital role art, literature, and other creative activities assume in times of crisis.

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Author:   Auður Aðalsteinsdóttir ,  Katarina Leppänen ,  Ana Stanicevic ,  angela snæfellsjökuls rawlings
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Lexington Books
ISBN:  

9781666953039

ISBN 10:   1666953032
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   05 February 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Katarina Leppänen and Auður Aðalsteinsdóttir Chapter 1: Complex Aesthetics Auður Aðalsteinsdóttir Chapter 2: Hush and Listen to Things You Can’t Hear: Audibility, Anxiety, and Resonance in Sara Sølberg’s Literary Work Katarina Leppänen Chapter 3 Happiness in the Age of Disaster: Eco Mourning and Climate Melancholia in Danish 2010‘s Eco Poetry Torsten Bøgh Thomsen Chapter 4: The History of a River: Narrative Agency in Mette Karlsvik’s Varmá Georgiana Bozîntan Chapter 5: CO2, The Poetic Compound Karoliina Lummaa Chapter 6: Ecopoetry and Postmodern Dilemmas: Bengt Emil Johnson as an Ecopoetic Predecessor Johan Alfredsson NORD by a snæfellsjökuls rawlings and Blåskjell i biocide Chapter 7: The Carrier Bags of Ecocriticism: Nordic Small Presses of the Twenty-First Century Ana Stanićević Chapter 8: Cute but Murderous: Dark Environmental Aesthetics in Nordic Video Games Xin Liu Chapter 9: Ethics in a Broken World: Can TV-Shows Help Us Navigate the Climate Breakdown? Ole Martin Sandberg Chapter 10: Metaphors of Change in Swedish Creative Futures Utopias Camilla Brudin Borg Chapter 11: Weaving a Mass Movement: The Art of Hildur Hákonardóttir Sigrún Inga Hrólfsdóttir Index About the Contributors

Reviews

""This is a multi-faceted volume packed with thought-provoking readings of literary and other creative works from the Nordic region that tackle the contemporary climate crisis, encompassing a variety of creative responses to today's climate challenges."" --Anders Ehlers Dam, Europa-Universität Flensburg ""This is a multi-faceted volume packed with thought-provoking readings of literary and other creative works from the Nordic region that tackle the contemporary climate crisis, encompassing a variety of creative responses to today's climate challenges.""

""This is a multi-faceted volume packed with thought-provoking readings of literary and other creative works from the Nordic region that tackle the contemporary climate crisis, encompassing a variety of creative responses to today's climate challenges."" --Anders Ehlers Dam, Europa-Universität Flensburg

Author Information

Auður Aðalsteinsdóttir is research lector and director of the University of Iceland’s Research Centre in Þingeyjarsveit. Katarina Leppänen is professor of intellectual history at the Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion at the University of Gothenburg.

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