Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral? Nordic Ecocritical Approaches to Children’s Texts

  • Catherine Olver
Keywords: ecocriticism, Nordic, review

Abstract

Review of:

Goga, Nina, Lykke Guanio-Uluru, Bjørg Oddrun Hallås, Aslaug Nyrnes, editors. Ecocritical Perspectives on Children’s Texts and Cultures: Nordic Dialogues. Palgrave, 2018.

Author Biography

Catherine Olver

Catherine Olver is a Ph.D. student in the Centre for Research in Children’s Literature at the University of Cambridge. Her doctoral research draws on ecocriticism and sensory studies to analyse sensory description in contemporary YA fantasy novels.

Cover image depicting a vintage set of Fry’s Fighting Soldiers: Sons of the Empire, featuring eight Canadian toy soldiers. (Title: Soldier Set / Ensemble de soldat , CWM/MCG 19860157-008, Canadian War Museum / Musée canadien de la guerre).
Published
2020-08-27
How to Cite
Olver, C. (2020). Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral? Nordic Ecocritical Approaches to Children’s Texts. Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, 12(1), 215-222. Retrieved from http://jeunessejournal.ca/index.php/yptc/article/view/466
Issue
Vol. 12 No. 1 (2020)
Section
Review Essays