{"id":16822,"date":"2024-08-29T14:12:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T14:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erb.ambition4clients.nl\/?page_id=16822"},"modified":"2026-04-27T12:39:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:39:50","slug":"essays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/europeanreviewofbooks.com\/da\/essays\/","title":{"rendered":"Essays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center is-style-asterisk has-xx-large-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Essays<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-query-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n<ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-6d3fbd8f wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-12186 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-digitalonly tag-borders tag-environment tag-father tag-islands tag-maps tag-sea tag-snow topics-excerpt topics-history topics-memoir library-essays-uk erb-paywalled\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:4vh;padding-right:1vw;padding-bottom:4vh;padding-left:1vw\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n<figure style=\"width:180px;height:180px;\" class=\"aligncenter wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1455\" src=\"https:\/\/europeanreviewofbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/chapter_13.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"height:180px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/europeanreviewofbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/chapter_13.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/europeanreviewofbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/chapter_13-600x455.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/europeanreviewofbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/chapter_13-300x227.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/europeanreviewofbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/chapter_13-1024x776.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/europeanreviewofbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/chapter_13-768x582.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/europeanreviewofbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/chapter_13-1536x1164.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(0.984rem, 0.984rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.86), 1.5rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:700;line-height:1.2; padding-right:0;padding-left:0;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanreviewofbooks.com\/da\/borderland\/\" target=\"_self\" >Gr\u00e6nseland<\/a><span class=\"erb-tooltip\">This article is available for Members only. 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