21 May
(edited)Edited by Urulókë on 2024-5-21 4:51:24 PM UTC
2024-5-21 3:42:36 AM UTC
Somewhat vaguely Tolkien related but I received the announcement about a deluxe illustrated signed edition of The Kalevala from Easton Press that might interest some people here.
One of the most significant works of Finnish literature that tells the story of the creation of the Earth, translated by John Martin Crawford. The book features original full-color images specially commissioned for this edition by acclaimed artist Seb McKinnon. This Deluxe illustrated Edition is also signed by Seb McKinnon. Limited to 1,200 hand-numbered copies. $340
https://www.eastonpress.com/deluxe-editions/the-kalevala-3714.html
21 May
2024-5-21 3:34:30 PM UTC
The Press's public-domain translation may be sampled online. If one actually wants to read the Kalevala, Magoun or Bosley might be better choices, or even Kirby -- the translator whose version Tolkien read as a young man.
21 May
2024-5-21 8:39:00 PM UTC
Too busy for me. I prefer a simple yet elegant presentation.
21 May
2024-5-21 11:42:52 PM UTC
Dale Nelson wrote:
The Press's public-domain translation may be sampled online. If one actually wants to read the Kalevala, Magoun or Bosley might be better choices, or even Kirby -- the translator whose version Tolkien read as a young man.
I am no Kalevala expert (and know even less about Finnish), but for those interested in Kalevala translations, Tolkien scholar Dr. Andrew Higgins has previously informed me that Kaarina Brooks's 2021 translation is good and in the Kalevala meter and that Magoun's translation is not bad. He described Kirby's translation as "plodding," which seems to accord with criticism Tolkien made of it as well.
22 May
2024-5-22 2:26:17 PM UTC
The Brooks is evidently a selection, at 120 pages.
I'm told Friberg's translation as well as Magoun's is good (by a guy who studied the Kalevala in Finland on a Fulbright scholarship about 30 years ago).
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