A History of Finnish Literature
Title | A History of Finnish Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Jaakko Ahokas |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 604 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Finnish literature |
ISBN | 9780877501725 |
Part of a series that offers mainly linguistic and anthropological research and teaching/learning material on a region of great cultural and strategic interest and importance in the post-Soviet era.
A History of Finland's Literature
Title | A History of Finland's Literature PDF eBook |
Author | George C. Schoolfield |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Pages | 922 |
Release | 1998-01-01 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780803241893 |
The literature of Finland is bilingual, with lively and extensive traditions in both Finnish and Swedish. This history covers both literary traditions in detail. The volume?s first section, on Finnish-language literature, consists of a series of connected chapters by leading authorities within the field. It opens with a consideration of the folk literature in Finnish that flourished during the Middle Ages and then examines the more recent history of Finnish-language literature, with special emphasis placed on writings from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The second part of the book provides an examination of Finland?s Swedish-language literature from the late fifteenth century through the early nineteenth century. Subsequent chapters trace developments in Finland?s Swedish-language literature during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A survey of children?s literature?from both the Finnish- and Swedish-language traditions?concludes this exceptionally thorough volume.
A Short History of Finland
Title | A Short History of Finland PDF eBook |
Author | Fred Singleton |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1998-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521647014 |
Finland has often been ignored or misunderstood by the English-speaking world and this work presents the reader with a readable and authoritative introduction to the life of the Finns and the position of their country in the modern world. The book explains how a small nation, placed in an unfavorable geopolitical situation, won its independence and eventually achieved a high material standard of living together with an enviable degree of social and political stability by adapting itself to the realities of life in an unpromising environment. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Spreading the Written Word
Title | Spreading the Written Word PDF eBook |
Author | Kaisa Häkkinen |
Publisher | Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura |
Pages | 195 |
Release | 2015-10-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9522227552 |
The Protestant Reformation began in Germany in 1517, and the adoption of Lutheranism was the decisive impetus for literary development in Finland. As the Reformation required the use of the vernacular in services and ecclesiastical ceremonies, new manuals and biblical translations were needed urgently. The first Finnish books were produced by Mikael Agricola. He was born an ordinary son of a farmer, but his dedication to his studies opened up the road to leading roles in the Finnish Church. He was able to bring a total of nine works in Finnish to print, which became the foundation of literary Finnish. The first chapter outlines the historical background necessary to understand the life’s work of Mikael Agricola. The second chapter describes Agricola’s life. Chapter three presents the Finnish works published by Agricola. The fourth chapter is a depiction of Agricola’s Finnish. Agricola carried out his life’s work as part of a network of influential connections, which is described in chapter five. The sixth chapter examines the importance of Agricola’s work, research on Agricola and Agricola’s role in contemporary Finnish culture. The book mainly focuses on language and cultural history, but in terms of Church history, it also provides a review on the progression and arrival of the Reformation to Finland. Finnish is a Uralic language but the source languages of Agricola’s translations – Latin, German, Swedish and Greek – were all Indo-European languages. Thus, the oldest Finnish texts were strongly influenced by foreign elements and structures. Some of those features were later eliminated whereas others became essential constituents of standard Finnish. To illustrate this development, the Finnish in Agricola’s works has systematically been compared with the standard contemporary language.
History of Finland
Title | History of Finland PDF eBook |
Author | Henrik Meinander |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2020-05-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0190054026 |
Henrik Meinander paints a brisk and bold picture of the history of Finland from integrated part of the Swedish kingdom to autonomous Grand Duchy within the Russian empire, gradually transformed and maturing into a conscious nation, independent state and skilful adapter of modern technology. The main geographical context for his study is the Baltic region, and the author links his analysis to structural developments and turning points in European history. The book blends politics, economy and culture to show how human and natural resources in Finland have been utilized and the impact its cultural heritage and technological innovation have had on its development. In a departure from most conventional approaches, Meinander gives greater emphasis to recent and contemporary events. In other words, he puts Finland into a range of historical contexts in its Baltic and European settings to highlight how both together have formed Finland into what it is at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
To the Finland Station
Title | To the Finland Station PDF eBook |
Author | Edmund Wilson |
Publisher | New York Review of Books |
Pages | 548 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Communism |
ISBN | 9781590170335 |
Presents a critical and historical study of European writers and theorists of Socialism in the one hundred fifty years leading to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and discusses European socialism, anarchism, and theories of revolution.
Seven Brothers
Title | Seven Brothers PDF eBook |
Author | Aleksis Kivi |
Publisher | |
Pages | 424 |
Release | 1929 |
Genre | Fiction |
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