02910oam 22005294a 450 991052486030332120230621140834.00-253-05071-5(CKB)5600000000001721(OCoLC)1259584745(MdBmJHUP)muse92543(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88296(oapen)doab88296(EXLCZ)99560000000000172120100321d1976 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFolklore and Nationalism in Modern FinlandWilliam A. WilsonIndiana University Press1976Bloomington :Indiana University Press,1976.©1976.1 online resource (1 online resource xii, 272 pages) : illustrationsProbably in no other country has the marriage of folklore studies and nationalism produced such dramatic results as in Finland. The turning point in the struggle for independence was the intensifying nationalistic sentiment produced by the publication, in 1835, of Elias Lonnrot's Kalevala, an epic based on folk poetry. In the following decades a small band of Finnish scholar-patriots dug into Finnish folklore to forge a literary language, create a national culture, and reconstruct the prehistoric period of the nation's past independence. Folklore and Nationalism in Modern Finland traces the crucial impact of folklore studies on three periods in Finnish history: the era of Swedish and Russian rule; the tense decades between the winning of Finnish independence and the end of World War II; and the postwar period. By studying the increasingly propagandistic application of folklore by both the political right and left and by showing how respected folklore scholars allowed themselves to be swayed by political issues, Wilson raises important questions about the proper use of folklore—and indeed of all the humanities.Nationalismfast(OCoLC)fst01033832FolkloreStudy and teachingfast(OCoLC)fst00930348Folklore and nationalismfast(OCoLC)fst00930365Folklore and nationalismFinlandNationalismFinlandFolkloreStudy and teachingFinlandFinlandfastElectronic books. Nationalism.FolkloreStudy and teaching.Folklore and nationalism.Folklore and nationalismNationalismFolkloreStudy and teachingWilson William A(William Albert),1933-2016.1168421MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910524860303321Folklore and Nationalism in Modern Finland2721010UNINA