Spreading the written word Mikael Agricola and the birth of literary Finnish

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Häkkinen, Kaisa, 1950-, author (author), Pearl, Leonard, translator (translator)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Helsinki : Finnish Literature Society / SKS [2016]
Colección:Studia Fennica. Linguistica ; 19.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427896906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. From a pre-literary to a literary culture
  • 2. The life of Mikael Agricola
  • 3. The Finnish works of Mikael Agricola
  • 4. Finnish in the works of Mikael Agricola
  • 5. Mikael Agricola's networks on Finland and abroad
  • 6. The legacy of Mikael Agricola.