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In: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
[Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages 38] 2026
► pp. 226–245

Food and famine in Norwegian literature

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Article outline
  • Building blocks of life: Potato, milk, and cod
  • The ritual practice of meals
  • Hunger
  • Eating disorders
  • Works cited
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