Pohjoisen Pariisi
Despite their scant knowledge of Finland, 19th-century Americans constructed persistent images of the Russian autonomous Grand Duchy and its people in their travel writing and fictional works. Americans, who commonly passed through Finland on their way to Russia proper, tended to stop briefly in suc...
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| description | Despite their scant knowledge of Finland, 19th-century Americans constructed persistent images of the Russian autonomous Grand Duchy and its people in their travel writing and fictional works. Americans, who commonly passed through Finland on their way to Russia proper, tended to stop briefly in such coastal cities as Helsinki and Turku. In their travel writing, American visitors described these same sites, often using the same vocabulary that was then repeated from one guidebook or magazine article to another. The few fictional stories, written by such well-known authors as Herman Melville or Jack London, for example, mention Finnish sailors and portray them as magical figures, who bring bad luck; yet, at the same time, they also appear as embodiments of ideal masculinity. The images 19th-century Americans constructed of Finland and Finnish people repeatedly reflected the values and beliefs Americans cherished in their own nation. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1611012026-05-04T18:59:05Z Pohjoisen Pariisi Salenius, Sirpa 19th century; image of Finland; literary research; North Americans; transatlantic travel; travel literature (fiction) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences Despite their scant knowledge of Finland, 19th-century Americans constructed persistent images of the Russian autonomous Grand Duchy and its people in their travel writing and fictional works. Americans, who commonly passed through Finland on their way to Russia proper, tended to stop briefly in such coastal cities as Helsinki and Turku. In their travel writing, American visitors described these same sites, often using the same vocabulary that was then repeated from one guidebook or magazine article to another. The few fictional stories, written by such well-known authors as Herman Melville or Jack London, for example, mention Finnish sailors and portray them as magical figures, who bring bad luck; yet, at the same time, they also appear as embodiments of ideal masculinity. The images 19th-century Americans constructed of Finland and Finnish people repeatedly reflected the values and beliefs Americans cherished in their own nation. 2025-06-03T05:18:22Z 2025-06-03T05:18:22Z 2025-06-02T13:00:15Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103299 9789518589467 9789518589474 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/161101 fin Tietolipas open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103299/1/pohjoisen-pariisi.pdf Finnish Literature Society / SKS 10.21435/tl.293 10.21435/tl.293 8ceefe60-b6e9-4502-8498-ff110bb0f062 9789518589467 9789518589474 217 Helsinki open access |
| spellingShingle | 19th century; image of Finland; literary research; North Americans; transatlantic travel; travel literature (fiction) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences Salenius, Sirpa Pohjoisen Pariisi |
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| topic | 19th century; image of Finland; literary research; North Americans; transatlantic travel; travel literature (fiction) thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences |
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