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Mustanoja was highly esteemed as a teacher. His lectures combined the analysis of language with relevant observations about medieval literature, society and culture. He was an inspiring supervisor of young scholars and his support and advice often extended beyond scholarly questions. He was,
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Mustanoja was primarily a language historian, he was also recognised as a scholar of world literature. In this area, he published articles on a wide range of authors, including Chaucer, Shakespeare, Longfellow, Maugham, Franςois Villon and Henry James. He also translated several works by
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In the period immediately following the Second World War, English was little known in
Finland and much less popular than German or French. Mustanoja's pioneering work in the study of medieval English literature ran parallel to his leadership in bringing modern English to Finland. Through both his
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University of Helsinki established the Tauno F. Mustanoja Library. Even today, research of English at the University of Helsinki is influenced by Tauno Mustanoja's view of language as an evolving means of human communication, influenced not only by internal processes of
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remains a basic reference work for scholars of Middle
English and the history of the English language. It combines thorough familiarity with earlier research and profound analysis of the structural features of the language and a sensitivity to the finest nuances of meaning. In this way, the
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English studies. It was a result of Mustanoja's research concentrating on the history of English and, in particular, in the field of Middle English, wherein he became recognised as an international expert. The
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He also worked in many ways to strengthen the cultural and scholarly relations between
Finland and the English-speaking world. For over three decades, Mustanoja was chairman of the board of the United States Educational Foundation in Finland (the
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In 1955–56, Mustanoja worked with Philip Durham, professor of
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teaching and translations, he influenced and helped to promote the study and growth of both the English language and modern English and American literature.
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Scholars’ Association and the Finnish American Society. In addition, Mustanoja was appointed visiting professor of Middle English at UCLA in 1965–66.
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poems, was accepted at the University of Helsinki in 1948 with the highest grade. This led, in the same year, to his also receiving recognition as a
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