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  The Kalevala: Or Poems of the Kaleva District (Paperback) Compiled by Elias Lonnrot, Translated by F.P. Magoun

  

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  Short Description for The KalevalaThe first English translation of the national folk epic of Finland which relates Icelandic family sagas and reflects an ancient Finnish peasant life.
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  • Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Published: 01 July 1985
  • Format: Paperback 440 pages
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  • Categories: Poetry By Individual Poets | Literary Studies: General | Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets
  • ISBN 13: 9780674500105 ISBN 10: 0674500105
  • Sales rank: 215,810

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Full description for The Kalevala

• The national folk epic of Finland is here presented in an English translation that is both scholarly and eminently readable. To avoid the imprecision and metrical monotony of earlier verse translations, Magoun has used prose, printed line for line as in the original so that repetitions, parallelisms, and variations are readily apparent. The lyrical passages and poetic images, the wry humor, the tall-tale extravagance, and the homely realism of the Kalevala come through with extraordinary effectiveness.