Author: LONNROT, ELIAS; BOSLEY, KEITH; LORD, ALBERT B.
Title: The Kalevala.
Description: Oxford University Press. 1999. (ISBN: 0 19 283570 x) Soft cover. Book, An epic poem after oral tradition by Elias Lonnrot. Translated from the Finnish with an introduction and notes by Keith Bosley and a foreword by Albert B. Lord. The Kalevala is an epic poem published in its final form in 1849, though much of its material goes back to the first millennium of our era. It is based on Finnish oral poetry, some of the richest and best- documented in the world. It begins with an account of the Creation from broken eggs, and ends with a strange interpretation of the Virgin Birth; in between, a northern people's negotiation with its environment and the conduct of its affairs is set forth in a text that is by turns epic, lyrical, ritual and magical. The poem's overall structure is the work of Elias Lonnrot, the most famous of the Finnish scholars who saw in their oral tradition an expression of national identity. 679 p. Oxford World's Classics. Very Good.

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