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Otaku-sempai
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Aug 7 2015, 6:46pm
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This was brought up a few weeks ago.
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Again, the site is deceptive. This is not the first publication of The Story of Kullervo; although this is perhaps the first mass publication making it readily available.
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SilentLion
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Aug 8 2015, 12:55pm
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This is a Finnish folk tail that Tolkien expanded on
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After reading a synopsis, it seems that Tolkien used many details from the Kullervo myth in the story of Turin Turambar.
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Malveth
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Aug 11 2015, 10:39am
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Part of this book was published in a specialist journal many years ago. For the average fan or general reader, this is the first time the material has been made available. I'm really looking forward to this, having really enjoyed the last three CRT volumes :) VF is one of the earliest academic Tolkien scholars, I'm looking forward to reading her commentary.
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Otaku-sempai
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Aug 11 2015, 1:31pm
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Thanks for the clarification. And the previous discussion was some time ago.
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Elthir
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Aug 12 2015, 12:17pm
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As I have the Tolkien Studies (TS) volume in question, I'm wondering what more will be in this book. TS includes Tolkien's prose tale (some chunks of poetry in it), V. Fliegers commentary, and two versions of Tolkien's essay on the Kalevala in general. I'm not questioning your "part of" in the sense that I don't believe you, but merely asking: for those of us who already own TS, what is the "more" part in this book? It seems like there would almost have to be more. Although then again, even a thinnish Finnish (well, in a sense) book with Tolkien's name on it would probably sell well enough anyway.
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Elthir
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Aug 12 2015, 1:38pm
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to answer my question, in part
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On another site, Troelsfo recently posted: The core of this new book will undoubtedly be Tolkien's The Story of Kullervo and his Kalevala essays, which were also published in Tolkien Studies VII in 2010 – then, as now, edited by Verlyn Flieger. Carl Hostetter has, on the Mythopoeic Society mailing list (“Kullervo” 11 Aug.), explained that “Verlyn has made revisions and corrections to the texts that appeared in "Tolkien Studies” — and thus is important — but it is not an expansion of the TS edition.” The text in Tolkien Studies VII runs to 68 pages, and even with larger fonts, some illustrations, and more space generally than in Tolkien Studies (which is very much an academic journal, including using a densely packed small font), I do hope that it will still take at least a little expansion (even if only an extra paragraph here and an extra couple of lines there) to fill out the 192 pages promised in the new book. Hmm
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Aug 12 2015, 3:56pm
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My understanding is that in addition to the revisions and corrections mentioned by Carl, the book will also contain the essay that is included in Verlyn's book Green Suns and Fairie called "Tolkien, Kalevala, and 'The Story of Kullervo'", which was not part of the material included in Tolkien Studies, Volume VII. But, of course, if you already have that fine book, it would not be additional material to you.
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Elthir
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Aug 12 2015, 8:01pm
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Although I have several books of Fliegerian authorship, I don't have Green Suns And Faerie (yet) More reasons to buy!
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emre43
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Aug 14 2015, 9:19am
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An expansion of Middle Earth or a rebelling of the Kalevala? The blurb mentions it being described as an 'important matter of the First Age'.
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emre43
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Aug 15 2015, 5:12am
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It also says on Harper Collins' website
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That Tolkien's 'Kullervo is an ancestor of Turin Turambar'. I am not sure whether this is to be taken literally or whether it means the character inspired Tolkien's Turin. I wouldn't have thought they would put something so ambiguous on a product pre-order description.
Two things I love most, good horses and beautiful women, And when I die I hope they tan this old hide of mine and make it into a ladies riding saddle, So I can rest in peace between the two things I love. - Russell J. Larsen
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Elthir
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Aug 15 2015, 6:19pm
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... of the Finnish tale of Kullervo. Tolkien made some changes however, and Hammond and Scull note that some of the changes "look forward" to the tale of Turin (Reader's Guide) Or for example, Tolkien enhances the role of the dog Musti, and jumping over to the Beren and Luthien tale, Hammond and Scull note that perhaps Huan is his successor
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Mooseboy018
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Aug 27 2015, 5:56pm
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I thought the book was being published everywhere in October. Now I just found out today that it's published today in the UK, but it won't be out in the US until April. The link in this thread still says October, but it's labeled as an "International release" and "out of print." When is this thing actually coming out in the US? Why would it take almost eight extra months to publish it here...?
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