| Kalevala Mythology, Revised Edition Expanded Edition Contributor(s): Pentikainen, Juha Y. (Author), Poom, Ritva Maarit (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0253213525 ISBN-13: 9780253213525 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1999 Annotation: "PentikAinen's exceptional interdisciplinary study will richly reward those interested in the dynamics of artistic creation and cultural construction, ethnic emergence and political nationalism, and shamanistic belief systems." -- American Anthropologist ..". a splendid contribution to the literature on folk epics... " -- The Scandinavian-American Bulletin The Kalevala, created during the 1830s and 1840s, is based on authentic folklore collected and compiled by Elias Lonnrot. It was the Kalevala that initiated the process leading to the foundation of Finnish identity during the nineteenth century and was, therefore, one of the crucial factors in the formation of Finland as a new nation in the twentieth century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
| Dewey: 894.541 |
| LCCN: 99034168 |
| Series: Folklore Studies in Translation |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.95 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Pentikäinen's exceptional interdisciplinary study will richly reward those interested in the dynamics of artistic creation and cultural construction, ethnic emergence and political nationalism, and shamanistic belief systems. --American Anthropologist . . . a splendid contribution to the literature on folk epics . . . --The Scandinavian-American Bulletin The Kalevala, created during the 1830s and 1840s, is based on authentic folklore collected and compiled by Elias Lonnrot. It was the Kalevala that initiated the process leading to the foundation of Finnish identity during the nineteenth century and was, therefore, one of the crucial factors in the formation of Finland as a new nation in the twentieth century. |
