The Politics of Literary History Literary Historiography in Russia, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Finland after 1990

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I Literary Historiography in Russia After 1990:

From a Liberal Search for New Openings Back to the Idea of Russia.- 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.- Part II Latvian Literature as an Ideologically and Politically Contested Terrain: Literary Historiography Between Foreign Rule, Nationalism, and Comparative Perspectives.- 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 Historiesin the Period of Independence: The 1990s and Early Twenty-First Century.- Part III Politics of Literary History in the Czech Lands.- Chapter 10. 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.- Part IV Finland: From Nation-building in Two Languages Towards a European Identity.- 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 21. Swedish-Language Literature in Finland: From a National to a Minority Literature.- Chapter 22. Literary History in the Schools: From Nationalism to Cultural Varieties./

Benedikts Kalnacs is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Literature, Folklore and Art, University of Latvia, and Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Liepaja, Latvia. His publications include A New History of Latvian Literature: The Long Nineteenth Century (ed., with Pauls Daija, 2022).

Mikhail Oshukov is Assistant Professor at Petrozavodsk State University, Russia. His publications include the articles "Ezra Pound’s Dramatic Works: Vorticist Noh Theater" (2019), "E.E. Cummings: geometry and grammar of revolution" (2017), and "Familiar Otherness: Peculiarities of dialogue in Ezra Pound’s poetics of inclusion" (2013).

Viola Parente-Capková is Professor of Finnish Literature at the University of Turku, Finland. Her publications include co-edited volumes Women Writing Intimate Spaces: The Long 19th Century at the Fringes of Europe (2023), and Nordic literature of Decadence (2020).