Isak Dinesen’s Ecological Power

Peter Mortensen (Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University, 1998) is Associate Professor and Head of English at the School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University. He has published widely in the fields of literary studies and ecocriticism, and he is the co-editor, with Hannes Bergthaller, of Framing the Environmental Humanities (2018).

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviations for Editions of Dinesen’s Works in English and DanishIntroduction1 Hopenhagen2 Nature, Environment, Ecology3 Precursors and Argument4 Ecocriticism5 Dinesen’s Texts6 Boganis and Osceola7 Ecological Power8 “The Sailor-Boy’s Tale”9 This Book1 Out of Joint: Time Ecology in “The Deluge at Norderney” and “Babette’s Feast”1 Introduction2 Anachrony3 Mythic Time4 Queer Time5 Disaster Time6 Food and Time7 Chronos8 Kairos9 Revolutionary Time10 Turtle Time11 Conclusion2 A Tangled World: Humans, Animals, and Plants in Out of Africa1 Introduction2 Ngũgĩ and Bjørnvig3 Human Animals4 Animal Humans5 Plant Writing6 Plant Worlds7 Plant People8 Conclusion3 In Flux: Wet Masculinities in “Peter and Rosa,” “The Monkey,” and “Ehrengard”1 Introduction2 Flow and Flux3 Sea-Changes4 Admissions and Emissions5 Regendering Flow6 Conclusion4 Unfamiliar Families: Kinship Trouble in Last Tales1 Introduction2 Gothic Celibacy3 Marriage and Its Discontents4 Fanatical Virginity5 Convent Life6 Queer Breastfeeding7 The Wet Nurse’s Revenge8 The Witch’s Curse9 Conclusion5 Weird Tales for Strange Times: Ruptures with Reality in “Eneboerne,” “The Monkey,” and The Angelic Avengers1 Introduction2 Uhygge All Around3 Something Wrong4 Impenetrable Darkness5 ConclusionConclusionBibliographyIndex