A Saga for Dinner: Landscape and Nationality in Icelandic Literature

• Published in: Ecozon@: European Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment
• Main Author: Hennig, Reinhard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Alcalá 2011
• Subjects: Iceland; landscape perception; nationalism; medieval literature; environmental literature / Islandia; percepción del paisaje; nacionalismo; literatura medieval; literatura ambiental; Andri; Kárahnjúkar; Islandia
• Online Access: https://ecozona.eu/article/view/391

Iceland’s attempted industrialisation through an expansion of hydropower and aluminium smelters can lead to a significant reshaping of the country’s landscapes. There has been considerable resistance against such plans since the 1970s, culminating in the debate about the Kárahnjúkar project between...