Katie Ritson: 2 books
Nordic Narratives of Nature and the Environment
Ecocritical Approaches to Northern European Literatures and Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
Many contemporary environmental risks and global environmental changes occurring today are unprecedented in the history of human life on earth. However, the images and narratives through which humans relate to these phenomena are built on existing cultural tropes and narrative models. Cultural, social,...
The Shifting Sands of the North Sea Lowlands
Literary and Historical Imaginaries
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
Global seawater levels are rising and the low-lying coasts of the North Sea basin are amongst the most vulnerable in Europe. In our current moment of environmental crisis, the North Sea coasts are literary arenas in which the challenges and concerns of the Anthropocene are being played out.
This...