Contemporary Nordic Literature and Spatiality (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781013276545)

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.

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Author: Kaisa Kurikka,Kristina Malmio
ISBN-10: 101327654X
ISBN-13: 9781013276545
Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2020
Pages: 316
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.62lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.66d