A Saga for dinner: landscape and nationality in Icelandic literature

• Main Author: Hennig, Reinhard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Alcalá 2011
• Subjects: Literatura; Medio ambiente; Literature; Environmental science; Andri; Kárahnjúkar; Iceland; Islandia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10017/20527

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...