White Field, black seeds: Nordic literacy practices in the long nineteenth century

White Field, black seeds: Nordic literacy practices in the long nineteenth century

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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 wit...

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Other Authors: Kuismin, Anna (Editor), Driscoll, M. J. (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Helsinki, Finland Finnish Literature Society / SKS 2013
Series:Studia Fennica Litteraria 7
Subjects:
Literacy
Literary studies: general
ability to write
literacy
literary research
folk linguistics
linguistic anthropology
sociolinguistics
Autobiography
Autodidacticism
Finland
Finnish language
Finnish Literature Society
Folklore
Iceland
Sweden
Online Access:OAPEN Library: download the publication
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