Evergreen Ash: Ecology and Catastrophe in Old Norse Myth and Literature
(Part of the Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism Series)
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Norse mythology is obsessed with the idea of an onrushing and unstoppable apocalypse: Ragnarok, when the whole of creation will perish in fire, smoke, and darkness and the earth will nolonger support the life it once nurtured. Most of the Old Norse texts that preserve the myths of Ragnarok originated in Iceland, a nation whose volcanic activity places it perpetually on the brink of a world-changing environmental catastrophe. As the first full-length...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0813942276
ISBN13:9780813942278
Release Date:February 2019
Publisher:University of Virginia Press
Length:254 Pages
Weight:0.84 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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