Contemporary Nordic Literature and Spatiality - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3030233553 ISBN 13 : 9783030233556

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kristina Malmio is University Lecturer, Adjunct Professor in Nordic Literature at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and leader of the research project "Late Modern Spatiality in Finland-Swedish Prose Literature."

Kaisa Kurikka is Researcher and Adjunct Professor in the School of History, Culture, and Arts Studies at the University of Turku, Finland. She has a doctorate in Finnish Literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3030233553
• ISBN 13: 9783030233556
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Éditeur: Malmio Kristina, Kurikka Kaisa
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