Wartime Fairy Tales: Yuji Kokko’s ‘Pessi and Illusia (1994)

Abstract

Yaroslava Nikova's paper examines the features of Finnish children’s literature from the years of World War II, particularly from Yuji Kokko’s “Pessi and Illusia” (1944). The author pays special attention to the poems written and their place in the cultural and historical context.   Keywords: fairy tale, Finnish children’s literature