Tove Jansson

Jussi Ojajärvi is University Lecturer of Literature at the University of Oulu, Finland.Ralf Kauranen is Senior Research Fellow in the School of History, Culture and Arts Studies at the University of Turku, Finland.Kukku Melkas is University Lecturer in the School of History, Culture and Arts Studies at the University of Turku, Finland.Andrew Nestingen is Professor in the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Washington, USA. Kasimir Sandbacka is Postdoctoral Researcher in Literature at the University of Oulu, Finland.

• 1. Introduction: Tove Jansson in Motion by Jussi Ojajärvi, Ralf Kauranen, Kukku Melkas, Andrew Nestingen and Kasimir SandbackChronology: Tove Jansson’s CareerA List of Tove Jansson’s Books and Their English Translations A Note on Textual Practices PART 1: ART AND VISUAL NARRATION2. Tove Jansson as Illustrator and Visual-Verbal Narrator (Sirke Happonen, University of Helsinki) 3. Tove Jansson as Painter: Decades and Styles (Tuula Karjalainen, emerita art historian) On Tove Jansson’s Public Paintings (Kukku Melkas, Sirke Happonen and Jussi Ojaja¨rvi)4. Tove Jansson as Comics Artist: From the Beginning to Moomin and Metanarration (Ralf Kauranen) PART 2: LITERARY TECHNIQUES AND TONES5. Plotting in the Moomin Suite (Agneta Rehal Johansson, University of Gothenburg, Emerita) On Tove Jansson’s Revisions of the Moomin Books (Agneta Rehal Johansson) 6. Fantasy and Multiplicity of Genres in Tove Jansson’s Fiction (Jyrki Korpua, University of Oulu) 7. The Subtle Irony of Tove Jansson’s Narration (Maria Laakso, University of Tampere)8. Technique of Wisdom in Tove Jansson’s Fiction (Jarkko Lauri, University of Oulu)9. Narrative Reflexivity in Tove Jansson’s Characterisation (Kuisma Korhonen, University of Oulu) PART 3: THEMATIC VIEWS AND CRITICAL CONTEXTS10. Dramas of the Self in Tove Jansson’s Fiction (Jussi Ojaja¨rvi)11. Queering Gender in Moominvalley (Mia O¨sterlund, Åbo Akademi University)12. The Politics of Personal Relations in Tove Jansson’s Short Stories (Kukku Melkas)13. Friendship, Love, and the Everyday in Tove Jansson’s Later Novels (Hanna Lahdenpera¨, University of Helsinki) 14. The Modern Structure of Feeling in Tove Jansson’s Short Stories (Kasimir Sandbacka, University of Oulu) On Class and Societal Undercurrents in Moominvalley (Jussi Ojaja¨rvi) 15. The Cosmopolitan Worldview in Tove Jansson’s Short Stories (Hanna-Leena Ma¨a¨tta¨, University of Oulu) 16. The Whimsical Ecology of Moominvalley (Maria Laakso) EPILOGUE: WANDERING ADAPTIONS17. The Moomins and Adaptations (Kimmo Laine, University of Turku, and Andrew Nestingen) Tove Jansson and the Moomins in Japan (Eija Niskanen, University of Helsinki)The Paternal Evolution of Moominpappa from Print to Screen (Aino Isoja¨rvi, University of Oulu) Tove: The Biopic (Kimmo Laine) List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndexes