Wainamoinen was not a Homer. But if the poet may take his colors from that nature by which he is surrounded, if he may depict the men with whom he lives, " Kalewala " possesses merits not dissimilar from those of the Iliad, and will claim its place as... The Writer - Page 2311889Full view - About this book
| 1868 - 506 pages
...learned men.' The Finnic has produced the Kaleivala, the great poem of Wainamomen, a poeta which ' will claim its place as the fifth national epic of the world.' (1st Ser. p. 353.) of that primitive radical stage, which, like the granite, underlies all other strata... | |
| 1889 - 864 pages
...chain of scattered song and fantastic legend into a grand epic poem, which Professor Max Miiller says " will claim its place as the fifth national epic of...side with the Ionian songs, with the Mahabharata, the Shah Nameh, and the Nibelungen." The poem was called the " KaleVala," from Kava, the mighty one, and... | |
| 1871 - 880 pages
...learned to call beautiful — not less beautiful." This Finnish Epic, called Kalewala, will, he says, claim its place as the fifth national Epic of the...World, side by side with the Ionian songs, with the M.iliilbhdrata, the Shauumah, and the Niebelungeh. If such a poem could be preserved from mythic times... | |
| 1889 - 670 pages
...greatest epics of the world, and Bays it possesses merits not dissimilar from those of the ' Iliad, and will claim its place as the fifth national epic of the world." Where is this opinion of Prof. Midler's expressed 1 In what order are the four greater national epics... | |
| 1889 - 562 pages
...greatest epics of the world, and says it possesses merits not dissimilar from those of the ' Iliad,' and will claim its place as the fifth national epic of the world." Where is this opinion of Prof. Miller's expressed ? In what order are the four greater national epics... | |
| Friedrich Max Müller - 1854 - 162 pages
...depict the men with whom he lives, " Kalewala " possesses merits not dissimilar from the Iliad, and will claim its place as the fifth national epic of...side with the Ionian songs, with the Mahabharata, the Shah-nameh, and the Nibelunge. This early literary cultivation, has not been without a powerful influence... | |
| Friedrich Max Müller - 1855 - 268 pages
...may depict the men with whom he lives, "Kalewala" possesses merits not dissimilar from the Iliad, and will claim its place as the fifth national epic of...side with the Ionian songs, with the Mahabharata, the Shah-nameh , and the Nibelunge. This early literary cultivation has not been without a powerful influence... | |
| Friedrich Max Müller - 1861 - 424 pages
...may depict the men with whom he lives, "Kalewala" possesses merits not dissimilar from the Iliad, and will claim its place as the fifth national epic of...side with the Ionian songs, with the Mahabharata, the Shahnameh, and the Nibelunge. This early literary cultivation has not been without a powerful influence... | |
| Friedrich Max Müller - 1862 - 452 pages
...depict the men with whom he lives, Kalewala possesses merits not dissimilar from those of the Iliad, and will claim its place as the fifth national epic of...world, side by side with the Ionian songs, with the Mahdbhdrata, the Shahndmeh, and the Nilelunge. This early literary cultivation has not been without... | |
| Friedrich Max Müller - 1862 - 454 pages
...the men with whom he lives, " Kalewala " possesses merits not dissimilar from those of the Iliad, and will claim its place as the fifth national epic of...world, side by side with the Ionian songs, with the Mahdbharata, the Shahndmeh, and the Nibelunge. This early literary cultivation has not been without... | |
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