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Tolkien's Kalevala (w/ Jyrki Korpua)
In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam talk to Professor Jyrki Korpua about the Kalevala and the inspiration that Tolkien drew from it. This episode is a companion piece to our previous episode on chapter 21 of The Silmarillion, which you can find here.
Jyrki Korpua is a researcher and lecturer of literature at the University of Oulu in Finland. He has published extensively on both the Kalevala and Tolkien, and we are here primarily discussing his 2024 book Tolkien and the Kalevala.
More Jyrki:
The Mythopoeic Code of Tolkien: A Christian Platonic Reading of the Legendarium
“Master of Fate, yet by fate mastered” – Tolkien’s Túrin Turambar and Kalevala’s Kullervo
Also mentioned:
Lönnrot (Bosley translation) - The Kalevala
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