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Surveys of the literature of Finland include Jaakko Ahokas, A History of Finnish Literature (1973); Kai Laitinen, Literature of Finland: In Brief, 3rd ed., trans. from Finnish (2001); George C. Schoolfield (ed.), A History of Finland’s Literature (1998); and Yrjö Varpio, Land of the North Star: An Introduction to Finnish Literature and Culture (1999; originally published in Finnish, 1999).

Anthologies of Finland-Swedish and Finnish texts include Kai Laitinen et al. (eds.), Modern Nordic Plays: Finland (1973); George C. Schoolfield (compiler), Swedo-Finnish Short Stories (1975); Matti Kuusi, Keith Bosley, and Michael Branch (eds.), Finnish Folk Poetry: Epic: An Anthology in Finnish and English (1977); Richard Dauenhauer and Philip Binham (eds.), Snow in May: An Anthology of Finnish Writing, 1945–1972 (1978); Anne Fried (ed. and trans.), Thank You for These Illusions: Poems by Finnish Women Writers (1981); Ingrid VÀÀnĂ€nen-Jensen (Inkeri VÀÀnĂ€nen-Jensen) and K. Börje VĂ€hĂ€mĂ€ki (trans.), Finnish Short Stories, 3rd ed. (2000); David McDuff (trans. and ed.), Ice Around Our Lips: Finland-Swedish Poetry (1989); Kirsti Simonsuuri (ed. and trans.), Enchanting Beasts: An Anthology of Modern Women Poets in Finland (1990); Bo Carpelan, Veijo Meri, and Matti SuurpÀÀ (eds.), A Way to Measure Time: Contemporary Finnish Literature (1992); Hildi Hawkins and Soila Lehtonen (eds.), On the Border: New Writing from Finland (1995); S.E. Wilmer (ed.), Portraits of Courage: Plays by Finnish Women (1997); and Keith Bosley (ed. and trans.), Skating on the Sea: Poetry from Finland (1997).

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