LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian

Nordic Literature: A comparative history: Volume II: Figural nodes

Edited by Steven P. Sondrup, Mark B. Sandberg, Nathaniel Kramer, Christopher Oscarson, Linda Haverty Rugg and Karin Sanders

Nordic Literature: A comparative history is a two-volume comparative analysis of the literature of the Nordic region. Bringing together the literature of Finland, continental Scandinavia (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Sápmi), and the insular region (Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands), each… read more

[Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages, 38] 2026. xix, 914 pp. + index | open access

Exploring NORDIC COOL in Literary History

Edited by Gunilla Hermansson and Jens Lohfert Jørgensen

How did Nordic culture become associated with the fuzzy brand “cool”, as by default? In Exploring NORDIC COOL in Literary History twenty-one scholars in collaboration question the seemingly natural fit between “Nordic” and “Cool” by investigating its variegated trajectories through literary… read more

[FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures, 15] 2020. xix, 342 pp.

Nordic Literature: A comparative history. Volume I: Spatial nodes

Edited by Steven P. Sondrup, Mark B. Sandberg, Thomas A. DuBois and Dan Ringgaard