Communication Dans Un Congrès Année : 2026

From Golden Age to Climate Change: A Sixteenth-Century Dutch Account from the Arctic Permafrost

Sasha Richman
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If a polar explorer from centuries past could speak, what might he say about climate change today? In Waarachtige beschrijvingen uit de permafrost [Strange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost, 2022], contemporary Dutch author Donald Niedekker (1963—) offers an original answer to this question. This paper examines how Niedekker’s anti-heroic, revisionist reworking of Arctic exploration offers a nuanced yet powerful reflection on global warming. In addition to textual analysis, it draws on memory studies and ecocriticism frameworks to situate the novel within a broader counter-heroic exploration discourse.

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hal-05629738 , version 1 (21-05-2026)

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Solenne Guyot, Sasha Richman. From Golden Age to Climate Change: A Sixteenth-Century Dutch Account from the Arctic Permafrost. La perte du Nord. Trajectoires de l’histoire européenne de l’imaginaire du Nord, Université de Strasbourg, May 2026, Strasbourg, France. ⟨hal-05629738⟩
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