Helsinki in Early Twentieth-Century Literature

by Lieven Ameel

Literary Helsinki: a city of leisure and light, divided along the fault lines of gender, class and language; a dizzying and dazzling threshold of modernity; alienating, mesmerizing and endearing. This first monograph to examine experiences of Helsinki in literature written in Finnish shows that rich descriptions of urban life have formed an integral part of Finnish literature from the late nineteenth century onward. Based on an analysis of more than...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9522225487
• ISBN13: 9789522225481
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Suomen Kirjallisuuden Seura
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"