Magic, Literature and Climate Pedagogy in a Time of Ecological Crisis
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Magic, Literature and Climate Pedagogy in a Time of Ecological Crisis
By (Author) Sofia Ahlberg
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Academic
19th September 2024
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Literary studies: from c 2000
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
809.39377
Physical Properties
Hardback
168
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
Channeling the creative potential of humanity to transition towards joyous and just futures in times of life-threatening climate change, this book uses metaphors of magic and shapeshifting to imagine livable futures achievable through other-than-rational means. Focusing on a wide range of 20th and 21st-century novels from a diverse range of writers such as Madeline Miller, Jeff VanderMeer, Ursula LeGuin, N.K. Jemisin, Ambelin Kwaymullina and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, it suggests that readers take seriously the pedagogical potential of magic in literature for the classroom and beyond while providing them with contextualized, collective methods of climate action.
Author Bio
Sofia Ahlberg is Vice Dean at the Faculty of Languages at Uppsala University, Sweden.
