LÖNNROT, ELIAS

ĕlēˈäs lönˈroot, 1802–84, Finnish philologist, compiler of the Kalevala. Although he was trained as a physician, he spent his life, after 1828, traveling through Finland, Lapland, and NW Russia, collecting fragments of the Kalevala from the rune singers. Of these he published in 1835 about 12,000 lines. A second edition of nearly 23,000 lines appeared in 1849. To Lönnrot must go the credit of creating a national epic from the scattered fragments sung or recited.

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A History of Finland's Literature
Book by George C. Schoolfield; University of Nebraska Press, 1998
Subjects: Finnish Literature--History And Criticism
...1831, and by the achievement of Elias Lonnrot in constructing a national epic...compiled by the Finnish scholar Elias Lonnrot 1802-84; doctor of medicine...a Finnish national identity. Lonnrots two major works, Kalewala...
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Heroic Epic and Saga: An Introduction to the World's Great Folk Epics
Book by Felix J. Oinas; Indiana University Press, 1978
Subjects: Epic Literature--History And Criticism, Folk Literature--History And Criticism
...together only in the past century, Felix Oinas can describe with certainty the process whereby Finlands national poet Elias Lonnrot created an epic cycle from a mass of scattered folk verses. In the case of the Sanskrit epics, Barend van Nooten...
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Tolkien the Medievalist
Book by Jane Chance; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Fantasy Fiction, English--Medieval Influences, Literature, Medieval--Appreciation--England, Medievalism In Literature, Medievalism--England--History--20th Century, Middle Earth (Imaginary Place), Mythology In Literature, Tolkien, J. R. R--(John Ronald Reuel)--1892-1973--Knowledge And Learning
...Moe and Asbjornsen in Norway, Elias Lonnrot in Finland; in the British Isles...especially notable success was that of Elias Lonnrot, whose collection of Finnish folk...England something similar to what Lonnrot had done for Finland. Out of this...
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A Jungian Approach to Literature
Book by Bettina L. Knapp; Southern Illinois University Press, 1984
Subjects: Archetype (Psychology) In Literature, Jung, C. G--(Carl Gustav)--1875-1961--Views On Literature, Psychoanalysis And Literature
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Area Handbook for Finland
Book by Theodore L. Stoddard, William K. Carr, Shaheen Dil, John Johnson, Carlo La Porta, Nils Ørvik, Douglas K. Ramsey, Kirk H. Stone, Carla Lofberg Valenta; U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974
Subjects: Finland
...urged that Finnish be officiallly accepted and formally taught. A significant contribution to this cause was made by Elias Lonnrot 1802-84 , whose monumental compilation of oral legends in Finnish, the Kalevala , roused nationalistic spirit...
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journal articles on: LOnnrot Elias  - 14 results

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With an End in Sight: Sympathetic Portrayals of "Vanishing" Sami Life in the Works of Karl Nickul and Andreas Alariesto
Journal article by Thomas A. Dubois; Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 75, 2003
Subjects: Samis--Research
...underlay them both. By the time of Elias Lonnrots Kalevala (1835), however, this...ar. Stockholm: Raben Prisma. Lonnrot, Elias. 1835 and 1849. "Esipuhe" and "Alkulause" Repr. 1993. Elias Lonnrot. Valitut teokset 5. Muinaisrunoutta...
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The Deeper Necessity Folklore and the Humanities
Journal article by William A. Wilson; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 101, 1988
Subjects: Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs
...of humanistic study. In 1840 Elias Lonnrot, compiler of the Finnish national...to the writers the words of Elias Lonnrot, one of the most famous of all...Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio. Lonnrot, Elias. 1982 1840 . Kanteletar...
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Parody and Imitation in Western Indian Ocean Oral Literature
Journal article by Lee Haring; Journal of Folklore Research, Vol. 29, 1992
Subjects: Folklore
...Jeanne de. 1955 . Contes Malgaches . Commentaires folkloriques de Paul Delarue. Paris: Editions Erasme. Lonnrot, Elias. 1849 . Kalevala . 2d ed. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran Toimituksia. Luthi, Max. 1982...
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The Arts, Artifacts, and Artifices of Identity
Journal article by Elliott Oring; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 107, 1994
Subjects: Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs
...Wilson 1976 :33). In 1835, Elias Lonnrot answered Gottlunds call with...Gottlund had applied. Third, Lonnrot stated in his introduction...Anttila, Aarne. 1931-35 . Elias Lonrot: elama ja toiminta Elias Lonnrot: Life and Work . 2 vols...
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Understanding Beowulf: Oral Poetry Acts
Journal article by John D. Niles; Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 106, 1993
Subjects: Folklore, Folklore--United States, Manners And Customs, United States--Social Life And Customs
...attention to the fact that after Elias Lonnrot collected a large number of short...little exaggeration to say that Lonnrot, a practicing physician (after...Kalevala as fakelore grant that Lonnrot succeeded spectacularly in his...
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magazine articles on: LOnnrot Elias  - 1 result

 
 
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Sound Waves
Magazine article by Angela Starita; World and I, Vol. 13, October 1998
Subjects: Finland, Finns--Influence, Music, Popular music--Finland
...musical influences available in the southern part of the country, where many upper-class Russians summered. Soon after, Elias Lonnrot, a folklorist, compiled folktales into the Kalevala. Midway through the century, the countrys music began to be Europeanized...


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newspaper articles on: LOnnrot Elias  - 1 result

 
 
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Teachers Pan 'Ring' Film; Say Series Unfaithful to Intentions of Tolkien
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 2, 2003
...Ms. Flieger says, citing "Kalevala," a mid-19th century Finnish collection of myths and heroic poems published by Elias Lonnrot in 1835 and 1849. Once Finland became independent on Dec. 6, 1917, "Kalevala" soared in popularity as a national epic...


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encyclopedia articles on: LOnnrot Elias  - 5 results

 
 
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LÖnnrot, Elias
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LONNROT, ELIAS ele as lon root, 1802 84, Finnish philologist, compiler of the Kalevala...000 lines. A second edition of nearly 23,000 lines appeared in 1849. To Lonnrot must go the credit of creating a national epic from the scattered fragments...
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Kalevala
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...heroes. Zakarias Topelius published fragments in 1822; Elias Lonnrot gave the cycle its present form, editing the material and sometimes writing transitional verses himself. Lonnrot published the collection of 50 runes (nearly 23,000...
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Finnish Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Castren (1813 53), as well as the historical writings of Henry Gabriel Porthan (1739 1804) and the publication (1835) by Elias Lonnrot of the Kalevala , helped to feed interest in Finnish as a literary vehicle. Still many continued to write in Swedish...
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Karelia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...oral traditions among the Karelians that the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, was compiled in the 19th cent. by Elias Lonnrot . The Karelian area of the Russian Empire was economically backward and was often a place of exile for political prisoners...
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Finland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Snellman, whose promotion of the Finnish language helped it to achieve official status in 1863; and the philologist Elias Lonnrot , who compiled the monumental epic Kalevala . The intensive Russification campaign (begun in 1899) of Czar Nicholas...


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