Author/Contributor(s): | Pentikainen, Juha Y ; Poom, Ritva Maarit |
Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
Date: | 09/22/1999 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Condition: | NEW |
. . . a splendid contribution to the literature on folk epics . . . --The Scandinavian-American Bulletin
The Kalevala, created during the 1830s and 1840s, is based on authentic folklore collected and compiled by Elias Lonnrot. It was the Kalevala that initiated the process leading to the foundation of Finnish identity during the nineteenth century and was, therefore, one of the crucial factors in the formation of Finland as a new nation in the twentieth century.