Tolkien and the Kalevala
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:19th Aug '24
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This book explores J. R. R. Tolkien’s unique and warm relationship to the Kalevala, a poem usually hailed as the Finnish and Karelian national epic, compiled, edited and partly revisioned from older folk poetry by Finnish scholar Elias Lönnrot in the 19th century. J. R. R. Tolkien, an Oxford academic and the greatest author of the 20th-century fantasy, creator of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was fascinated from early on by the Kalevala. Tolkien himself described the Kalevala as “a germ” of his fantasy fiction.
"Jyrki Korpua brings new depth to Tolkien’s world-building with his delightful introduction to the song-built world of the Kalevala, which both inspired Tolkien’s earliest stories and resonates throughout his legendarium from the music of Creation to the songs of Tom Bombadil."
Rachel Fulton Brown, Associate Professor of Medieval History, Fundamentals, and the College, The University of Chicago, USA
ISBN: 9781032852270
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 381g
108 pages