As a setting for juvenile literature, the Arctic has traditionally
been a space for adventure, the exotic and the fantastic. More
recent works have used the Arctic setting to explore a dystopian
future, often related to climate change. The aim of the present
volume is to examine themes in Arctic juvenile fiction from the
early nineteenth century until today. The deceptive image of the
Arctic as geographically uniform seems to promise a cultural
coherence, but the collection illustrates the diversity of Arctic
literature by critically discussing and comparing works written by
visitors and settlers as well as by indigenous peoples. The
chapters combine macro- and micro-perspectives to interrogate and
illuminate the role of Arctic literature for young readers in
creating, maintaining and increasingly challenging Arctic myths and
motifs.
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