Introduction: Phenomenological approaches to Tove Jansson’s fiction

Abstract

This special issue tackles the philosophical depths of Tove Jansson ’ s fiction, analyzing and interpreting Jansson ’ s works by phenomenological, existential and hermeneutic methods. We offer a new research approach to Jansson ’ s œ uvre which in a unique way combines profound existential themes with verbal and pictorial humor and with storylines of adventures, expeditions and mem-oires. More concretely