The Kanteletar: Lyrics and Ballads After the Oral Tradition by Elias Lönnrot

by Lönnrot, Elias
ISBN: 9780192828620
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Overview

This is the first appearance in English of The Kanteletar (1840-1), the companion volume to the Finnish national epic poem The Kalevala. Based on Finnish oral tradition, The Kanteletar (roughly "zither-daughter", a kind of muse) is a selection from a treasury of nearly seven hundred lyrics and ballads that celebrate the everyday life of a rural society at work and play. The ballads range from a beautiful sequence of legends about the Virgin Mary, through the grim tales of Elina, to a hilarious account of a dragon that refuses to devour its victims.
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Lönnrot, Elias
  • ISBN: 9780192828620
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.38 x 0.44
  • Number Of Pages: 224
  • Publication Year: 1992
Language: English