Songs of the border people
Subtitle: genre, reflexivity, and performance in Karelian oral poetry
By: Lotte Tarkka ; translated by Leila Virtanen
Series: Folklore fellows' communications -- 305
Publisher: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: eng
Number of pages: 631
ISBN-13: 9789514110917
Subjects: Karelian Folk poetry; History and criticism; Karelian Epic poetry; Karelian poetry; Style; Kalevala
Work titles: Rajarahvaan laulu
Description: " ... this study aims to understand the cultural praxis of Kalevala-meter rune-singing and poetry documented in the Archangel Karelian parish of Vuokkiniemi during the years 1821-1921"--Page 19.
Notes: Translated from the author's dissertation.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-609) and indexes.