num_pages: 440
description: The national folk epic of Finland is here presented in an English translation that is both scholarly and eminently readable. To avoid the imprecision and metrical monotony of earlier verse translations, Francis Magoun has used prose, printed line for line as in the original so that repetitions, parallelisms, and variations are readily apparent. The lyrical passages and poetic images, the wry humor, the tall-tale extravagance, and the homely realism of the Kalevala come through with extraordinary effectiveness.
language: English
title: The Kalevala: Or Poems of the Kaleva District
titlecomplete: The Kalevala: Or Poems of the Kaleva District
characters: Aino, Hiisi, Ilmarinen, Kalevatar, Louhi, Lemminkäinen, Väinämöinen, Kullervo, Joukahainen
genres: Literature, Classics, Mythology, Finnish Literature, Fiction, Poetry, Folklore, Epic, Fantasy, Scandinavian Literature
ratings_count: 5356
places: Finland
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Harvard University Press