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Tag Archives: Kalevala
The Queer and the Strange
“But the queer and the strange, the unrestrained, the grotesque is not only interesting: it is valuable. It is not always necessary to purge it out altogether in order to attain to the Sublime. You can have your gargoyles on … Continue reading
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Tagged Gargoyles, Greek Temples, Grotesque, J.R.R. Tolkien, Kalevala
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Bookshelf: The Kalevala
Following up on Friday’s comments dialog: the Kalevala is the national epic of Finland. It looks at first glance like it might be a single unified poem, a la Homer, but is in fact a family of sung poems about … Continue reading
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Tagged Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Classics, Elias Lonnrot, Finland, Kalevala, The Eddas
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