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Title: Kalevala
Condition: New
Subtitle: The Epic of the Finnish People
Author: Jukka Korpela
Translator: Eino Friberg
Contributor: Jukka Korpela (Introduction by), Eino Friberg (Translated by), Elias Lönnrot (Edited by)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0241403065
EAN: 9780241403068
ISBN: 9780241403068
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Genre: Language & Reference
Topic: Society & Culture, Poetry & Drama
Release Date: 29/04/2021
Description:

'One of the great mythic poems of Europe' The New York Times

Sharing its title with the poetic name for Finland - 'the land of heroes' - Kalevala is the soaring epic poem of its people, a work rich in magic and myth which tells the story of a nation through the ages from the dawn of creation. Sung by rural Finns since prehistoric times, and formally compiled by Elias Lönnrot in the nineteenth century, it is a landmark of Finnish culture and played a vital role in galvanizing its national identity in the decades leading to independence. Its themes, however, reach beyond borders and search the heart of human existence.

Translated with an Introduction by Eino Friberg

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