Jyrki Korpua

Tolkien and the Kalevala (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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, combiled, edited and partly revisioned from older folk poetry by Finnish scholar Elias Lönnrot in the 19th century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040151617
• Artikelnr.: 72285164

Autorenporträt

Jyrki Korpua, PhD, is a researcher of literature at the University of Oulu. His books include Alussa oli Sana - Raamattu ja kirjallisuus ("The Bible and Literature", 2016, in Finnish), New Perspectives to Dystopian Fiction (2020, edited with Saija Isomaa & Jouni Teittinen) and The Mythopoeic Code of Tolkien: A Christian Platonic Reading of the Legendarium (2021). His research interests include theological literary history, utopian and dystopian studies, Tolkien studies and mythopoetic game studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. From folk tradition to fantasy
On J. R. R. Tolkien
On role models, ancient heroes
The Kalevalas of Lönnrot
The Kalevala Tolkien knew
Tolkien's works
What did Tolkien think of the Kalevala?
The merging of Finnish language and the Kalevala in Tolkien
3. The story of the Kalevala and Tolkien's fantasy world
World creation and world order
Song battles and quests before marriage
The Sampo and the Silmarils
Interludes
The end of the tale
4 The Kalevalaic parts of Tolkien's world
The might of singing, music and words
Nature and the elements
On Väinämöinen
On Louhi
On Ilmarinen
On Kullervo
5. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index