The Kanteletar
The Kanteletar is Elias Lönnrot's collection of Finnish folk lyrics, first published in 1840 as a sister collection to the Kalevala. Its poems use the Kalevala metre. Keith Bosley's English translation was published by Oxford University Press in 1992.
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How many editions of The Kanteletar are there?
We track 1 edition of The Kanteletar. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
When was The Kanteletar first published?
The Kanteletar by Elias Lönnrot was first published in 1840.
Can I read The Kanteletar for free?
Yes: the text is out of copyright in the United States and free to read on Project Gutenberg. Collectors still pay for the first edition, which is the physical object, not the words.
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- Kanteletar, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Kanteletar editions, Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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