The Politics of Literary History

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Historical Introduction

Chapter 3 Academy of Sciences: Definitive Literary History

Chapter 4 Post-Soviet University Literary Histories: Defining Russianness

Chapter 5 Literary History and the Literary Canon in School Education: An Orthodox Upbringing

Chapter 6 Introduction: An Outline of the Political and Cultural Development of Latvia

Chapter 7 Latvian Literary Histories from 1812 to 1940: Popular Enlightenment, Romantic Nationalism, and Political Independence

Chapter 8 Soviet Latvia and Exile: Political Changes in the Aftermath of WWII and Their Impact on Latvian Literary Histories

Chapter 9 Literary Histories in the Period of Independence: The 1990s and Early Twenty-First Century

Chapter 10 Introduction: History, Politics, Culture and the Origins of Literary Historiography in the Czech Lands till 1918

Chapter 11 The First Czechoslovak Republic: Literary Historiography 1918–1939

Chapter 12 Literary Historiography in the 1950s and Early 1960s

Chapter 13 Politics and Policies in Literary Historiography During the Periods of “Disobedience” (1963–1969) and “Normalization” (1969–1989)

Chapter 14 Literary History Since 1989: Directions, Attempts at Synthesis, Challenges

Chapter 15 Textbooks in Literary History

Chapter 16 Literary Histories from Mid-Nineteenth to Mid-Twentieth Century: The Viewpoint of Nationalism

Chapter 17 The Literary History of a Welfare State: Kuusi’s Literary History

Chapter 18 Celebrating Finland: Laitinen’s Literary History

Chapter 19 Opening Windows Toward Europe: The Varpio Literary History

Chapter 20 In Defense of Poesy: Hallila’s Survey of Contemporary Finnish Literature

Chapter 22 Literary History in the Schools: From Nationalism to Cultural Varieties