Tolkien and the Kalevala
From folk tradition to fantasy -- The story of the Kalevala and Tolkien's fantasy world -- The Kalevalic parts of Tolkien's wold.
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, London
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2025
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| Schriftenreihe: | Routledge focus on literature
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | From folk tradition to fantasy -- The story of the Kalevala and Tolkien's fantasy world -- The Kalevalic parts of Tolkien's wold. "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. 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"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | "Routledge Focus" -- from cover Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xii, 108 Seiten 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781032852270 978-1-032-85227-0 1032852275 1-032-85227-5 9781032852287 978-1-032-85228-7 1032852283 1-032-85228-3 |