Description: eBay provided description: 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 Lnnrot, 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.
Price: 12 USD
Location: Woodland, California
End Time: 2025-02-09T03:32:27.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.38 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: Finnish
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Intended Audience: Adults
Edition: 2014
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Type: mythic nationalism
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Features: translated
SKU: 123E23
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Book Title: Kalevala: the Epic Poem of Finland
Number of Pages: 292 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: CreateSpace
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2014
Topic: Epic
Genre: Poetry
Item Weight: 25.6 Oz
Item Length: 10 in
Author: Elias Lonnrot
Item Width: 8 in
Format: Trade Paperback
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