Literary and cultural life in Soviet times

Foreword

Linguistic discourse of Stalinism

Environment and heredity

Depiction of the oil shale industry in Looming magazine between 1940 and 1956

“The man can see! Can write!”

The Stalin Prize as a tool for the Sovietization of literary life on the example on Hans Leberecht

The literary nomenklatura of Soviet Estonia

CC ECP nomenklatura and the managers of literary life in the Soviet Republic

Party control over Soviet Estonian literary life in the 1960s on the example of the Writers’ Union

Literary consultants at the Writers’ Union of the Estonian SSR as gatekeepers

Kaarel Ird and Vanemuine in the context of Soviet cultural policy

Ridiculous and uncomfortable: Women philologists in late Soviet Estonian culture

Human being as a natural body

The perceptual worlds of Estonian literature from the 1960s to the 1980s

Early foreign travel of Soviet Estonian writers during the Khrushchev Thaw in the context of national security policy

1960 Estonian Song Festival as a source of unity and division between Estonian communities home and abroad

Literary education in Soviet schools

Concerns and breaking points in natureculture

Our anthropocene

Nature in the autobiographical writings of two men born in the mid-19th century

Linguistics and language planning in Estonia on the example of case selection patterns of verbs

(Views on the development of Estonian language planning)

Systematic polysemy patterns of Estonian tactile adjectives

Struggle over the ages I

Reading Kreutzwald’s „Kalevipoeg” as opposite in meaning to Goethe’s „Faust”

Friends in Life and Death in Belarusian, Russian and Estonian Folklore

Mothers and daughters in life narratives

Generational conflict or conciliatory negotiation?

Struggle over the ages II

How Kreutzwald’s “Kalevipoeg” recreates the meaning of Goethe’s “Faust”

Barriers to the acceptance of Estonian Russian-language literature in 1918–1940

The case of Igor Severyanin

The other singers

The less active representatives of the runo song tradition

Remarks on the age of farm names on the example of Audru

Figurative thought during the ”Language crisis of Estonian” in 2020–2022

Hidden undercurrents of “The Atlantic Ocean”

”Excuse me for bothering you with my Siberian language”

Game descriptions by Rosalie Ottesson in the Estonian Folklore Archives

Women and prose

A look at Estonian literature from the first decades of the 20th century

Women prose writers in cultural history and contemporary Estonian cultural consciousness

The modern lady in women’s writing of the 1910s

“How beautifully God has created me that I’m allowed to be an Estonian.”

Projections of childhood in realistic children’s prose by female authors in the second half of the 1930s

Life like algebra

The life and work of Alide Ertel

A woman writing about birds

An ecofeminist excursion into Estonian nature writing

Decadent writing as feminist practice

The novella ”Aino” by Alma Ostra

The multipositionality of Marta Sillaots in the first decades of the 20th century

Despair and morbid vitality in Djuna Barnes’s “Nightwood” and Reed Morn’s “Talented Parasite”

Reflections on peace during a train ride, or If Leida Kibuvits and Virginia Woolf had met

Russians versus Russians in contemporary Russian-language Estonian literature

Sound instrumentation in poems by Artur Alliksaar

The word order of Estonian main clause wh-interrogatives

A Cinderella story

Poetry instruction in Estonian literature education

The song of creation on the swing of new beginnings

Occupational terms and societal roles in early Estonian lexicography

Women in the Society of Estonian Literati

Who is chairwoman?

On the variation of French loanword spellings in Estonian

Ekläär vs ekleer

The origin of Estonian oht and ohter

(raie)lank ‘cutting area’ as a reflection of time and history

On the etymology of the dialect word prann ’fringe’

On a concept missing from Estonian and the substitute thereof

From feldspar to alder buckthorn and the colour yellow

Interrogations on the Estonian language(s)

Karl and Liina in conversation on the occasion of jubilee birthdays and other oddities

The liberty of a folklorist to seek a broader understanding

Merili Metsvahi 50

In search of glimpses into different worlds

Meelis Friedenthal 50

Observing observations in human interaction

Renate Pajusalu 60

On the training of language editors from the teacher's perspective

Views on the development of Estonian corpus planning

On censure and canceling

A masterful taming of times

Sirje Olesk. Aegade lugu. Kirjanike liit Eesti NSV-s. Tallinn: Eesti Kirjanike Liit, 2022. 303 lk.

A limited perspective on the Writers' Union in the Estonian SSR

Sirje Olesk. Aegade lugu. Kirjanike liit Eesti NSV-s. Tallinn: Eesti Kirjanike Liit, 2022. 303 lk.

How to portray a mother?

Maarja Undusk. Ellen Niit. Heleda mõtte laast. Tallinn: Tammerraamat, 2022. 632 lk.

The past on a carousel

Katrin Laur. Tunnistaja. Ajalooline romaan. Tallinn: Hea Lugu, 2022. 830 lk.

On unity and plurality in literary studies, without reser

Arne Merilai. Tõstan titsi taade. Tõlgendavaid kehtestusi 2012–2022. (Studia litteraria Estonica 22.) Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus, 2022. 423 lk.

Sweet vernal grass, miracle water, and other real things

Reet Hiiemäe, Mare Kõiva. Maarjahein ja imevesi. Pärimuslikud naiste rituaalid Eestis. [Tallinn:] Kirjastus Postimees, 2022. 520 lk.

Welcome back to Tartu, forest dandy!

Mehis Heinsaar. Kadunud hõim. Tallinn: Menu Kirjastus, 2022. 319 lk.

Between the two infinities

Rein Undusk. The Rhetoric of Culture. The Case of Infinity. (oxymora 7.) Tallinn: Under and Tuglas Literature Centre, 2022. 308 lk.

The trinity of Juri Lotman

Juri Lotman. Mida inimesed õpivad. (Eesti mõttelugu 163.) Koostajad Silvi Salupere ja Peeter Torop. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2022. 383 lk.

Valton’s Finno-Ugric system

Arvo Valton. Soome-ugri minu elus. Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2022. 320 lk.

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The cosmogony of Karl Eduard Sööt

Karl Eduard Sööt. Mu laulud, mu veikesed laulud. Compiled and edited by Õnne Kepp. Tallinn: EKSA, 2022. 711 lk.

This seems like Arvi Tavast's kind of book

Anti Saar. Sõnaraamat. Tartu: Kolm Elu, 2022. 149 lk.

Gossip for the literati

Jaan Kaplinski, Kadri Kõusaar. Kirjavahetus 2007–2021. Hea Lugu, 2023. 304 lk.

They even knew the fog, or Boreal folk tale

Ilmaveere jutud. Valik põlisrahvaste pajatusi. Rendered and commended by Nuga Soopealt (Lauri Sommer). Kaarnakivi Seltsi Kirjastus, 2023. 270 lk.

"Between Fatherland and mother-tongue" – an exploratory autobiography

Isamaa ja emakeele vahel. Etüüde Eesti venekeelsest nüüdiskirjandusest. (Etüüde nüüdiskultuurist 10.) Compiled and edited by Igor Kotjuh, Aare Pilv ja Piret Viires. Tallinn: Nüüdiskultuuri uurimise töörühm, 2022. 232 lk.

20 years of advancement of linguistic thought in Krista Kerge’s work

Krista Kerge. Sõna, see piisake meres. Valik kirjutisi 1998–2019. (Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia Emakeele Seltsi toimetised 80.) Tallinn: Emakeele Selts, 2022. 339 lk.

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The controversial Wimberg through the eyes of Generation Buratino

Wimberg. Just praegu. Tallinn: J&U, 2021. 124 lk.; Wimberg. Enne kui. Tallinn: J&U, 2022. 214 lk.

A brief description cannot but fall short

Balthasar Russow. Liivimaa provintsi kroonika. Tõlkinud ja kommenteerinud Jüri Kivimäe. Tallinn: Tänapäev, 2022. 472 lk.

Dated religion

Tõnno Jonuks. Eesti muinasusundid. Tallinn: Postimees, 2022. 399 lk.

Identity, history and memory work in historic Ingria

Ingerimaa mälupaigad: järjepidevus ja katkestus. Ingrian Memory Sites: Continuity and Discontinuity. (Eesti Akadeemilise Ingerimaa Seltsi ja Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu toimetised 1.) Koostanud Piret Lotman, Taisto-Kalevi Raudalainen, Ergo-Hart Västrik. Eesti Akadeemiline Ingerimaa Selts, Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu, 2022. 216 lk.

A study of children’s language and environment

Andra Kütt. 5−8-aastaste eesti laste keeleline areng ja selle seos keelelise kasvukeskkonnaga. (Tallinna Ülikooli humanitaarteaduste dissertatsioonid 76.) Tallinn: Tallinna Ülikool, 2023. 255 lk.

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A dose of Ormusson nostalgia

Mäng ja melanhoolia. Friedebert Tuglase romaan „Felix Ormusson”. (Moodsa eesti kirjanduse seminar 3.) Compiled and edited by Mirjam Hinrikus and Jaan Undusk. Tallinn: Underi ja Tuglase Kirjanduskeskus, 2022. 341 lk.

A weighty tome, in every sense: A new handbook of Uralic linguistics

Marianne Bakró-Nagy, Johanna Laakso, Elena Skribnik (eds.). The Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages. (Oxford Guides to the World’s Languages.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. 1184 lk.

From sirens to flashes

Igor Kotjuh. Sireenid ja sähvatused. Translated from Russian and written in Estonian by the author. Paide: Kite, 2022. 144 lk.

Memories of wonderful people

Viivi Luik. Kuldne kroon. Tallinn: EKSA, 2023. 296 lk.; Lauri Sommer. Toome tuled. 2015–2021. Tallinn: Menu, 2022. 320 lk.

Veidemann's Mission: Impossible

Rein Veidemann. Järjehoidja. Valik arvustusi, loomingulisi portreid, kaas­kajasid, järelehüüdeid eesti kirjasõnaväljalt 2000–2022. Koostanud ja toimetanud Mari Klein. Tallinn: EKSA, 2022. 773 lk.

Lintrop’s memory journey through Finno-Ugric countries

Aado Lintrop. Soome-ugri reisid. Tartu: EKM Teaduskirjastus, 2022. 336 lk.

The joy of reading and studying

Tiit Hennoste. Ilo ja elu. Valitud artikleid 2005–2021. (Studia litteraria Estonica 23.) Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus, 2022. 385 lk.

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A longing for motherly radiance

Carolina Pihelgas. Vaadates ööd. Kaksik­hammas, 2022. 296 lk.

Ten paces through a century of Looming

Tiit Hennoste. Kuldsete lehtede peal. „Loomingu” kirjanduslugu. Tallinn: SA Kultuurileht, 2023. 335 lk.

Annotations

Imbi Paju. Kirjanduskliinik. Mida tähendab olla inimene. [Tallinn:] Kirjastus Gallus, 2023. 317 lk.

Degree of (dis)consolation

Lilli Luuk. Minu venna keha. [Tallinn:] Hea Lugu, 2022. 182 lk.

Tammsaare and war

A. H. Tammsaare. Sõjamõtted. (Eesti mõttelugu 170.) Tartu: Ilmamaa, 2023. 270 lk.

A national horror reader

Marju Kõivupuu. Eesti mütoloogia algajale. Jumalatest ja hiidudest tontide, näkkide ja muude õudasjadeni. Tallinn: Tänapäev, 2023. 383 lk.

How to talk about poetry and why?

Mart Velsker. Luulejutud. Tekste aastatest 1994–2020. (Studia litteraria Estonica 21.) Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus, 2022. 463 lk.

Presentation of foreign words in Estonian dictionaries

Tiina Paet. Võõrainese kinnistumine eesti keeles: keelekorralduslik ja leksikograafiline vaade. (Dissertationes philologiae estonicae Universitatis Tartuensis 51.) Tartu: Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus, 2023. 259 lk.

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In memory of Tiit-Rein Viitso (4 March 1938 – 2 December 2022)

Review

In memoriam Helju Kaal

(6. III 1930 – 19. I 2023)

REVIEW

Awakening of Livonian legacy in Latvia

Short chronicles

Defended doctoral theses

Literature and language belong to the core of Estonian heritage

The Ministry of Culture launches a heritage barometer

Short chronicles

Short chronicles

In memory of Malle Salupere (17. II 1931 – 8. VI 2023)

The man who had a monopoly on recollection of the Soviet times

Aksel Tamm (23. XII 1931 – 15. VIII 2023)

Short chronicles

Short chronicles

Defended doctoral theses

In memoriam Rutt Hinrikus (7. V 1946 – 29. X 2023)

Short chronicles

Defended doctoral theses