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The Kalevala (Paperback)
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The Kalevala (Paperback)
Series: Oxford World's Classics
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The Kalevala is the great Finnish epic, which like the Iliad and
the Odyssey, grew out of a rich oral tradition with prehistoric
roots. During the first millennium of our era, speakers of Uralic
languages (those outside the Indo-European group) who had settled
in the Baltic region of Karelia, that straddles the border of
eastern Finland and north-west Russia, developed an oral poetry
that was to last into the nineteenth century. This poetry provided
the basis of the Kalevala. It was assembled in the 1840s by the
Finnish scholar Elias Lonnrot, who took dictation' from the
performance of a folk singer, in much the same way as our great
collections from the past, from Homeric poems to medieval songs and
epics, have probably been set down. Published in 1849, it played a
central role in the march towards Finnish independence and inspired
some of Sibelius's greatest works. This new and exciting
translation by poet Keith Bosley, prize-winning translator of the
anthology Finnish Folk Poetry: Epic, is the first truly to combine
liveliness with accuracy in a way which reflects the richness of
the original.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has
made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the
globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to
scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of
other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading
authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date
bibliographies for further study, and much more."
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