White Field, black seeds
Anna Kuismin (editor)
White Field, black seeds
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White field, black seeds—who can sow? Although the riddle from which this these words are taken comes from oral tradition, it refers to the ability to write, a skill which in most Nordic countries was not regarded as necessary for everyone. And yet a significant number of ordinary people with no access to formal schooling took up the pen and produced a variety of highly interesting texts: diaries, letters, memoirs, collections of folklore and handwritten newspapers.

This collection presents the work of primarily Nordic scholars from fields such as linguistics, history, literature and folklore studies who share an interest in the production, dissemination and reception of written texts by non-privileged people during the long nineteenth century.

Language
English
ISBN
978-952-222-444-6
White Field, Black Seeds
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
A New History from Below?
Recollections of Reading and Writing
Scribal Communities in Iceland
The Long and Winding Road
Living by the Book
Monologic, Dialogic, Collective
A Country Maid and her Diary
From Family Inscriptions to Autobiographical Novels
Odd Man Out?
Material without Value?
Self-Taught Collectors of Folklore and their Challenge to Archival Authority
Finnish Revivalist Movements and the Development of Literary Finnish
Language from Below?
Bibliography
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