BIBFRAME Work

Title

Tolkien and the Kalevala

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Korpua, Jyrki, 1977- (author)
• Virta, Sonja (translator)

Subject

• Kalevala--Influence. (LCSH)
• Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973--Criticism and interpretation. (LCSH)
• Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism (LCSH)

Genre Form

• Literary criticism (LCGFT)

Language

• English

Classification

• DDC: 823/.912 (Assigner: dlc)
• LCC: PR6039.O32 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• index
• bibliography

Summary

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Authorized Access Point

Korpua, Jyrki, 1977-. Tolkien and the Kalevala

Geographic Coverage

• England

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:20:44.305022+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23731435

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc