The Story of Kullervo.

Tolkien, J.R.R.; Flieger, Verlyn (Editor).

Published by London; Harper Collins Publishers, 2015., 2015

About this Item

First Edition, octavo, pp. xxiii 168. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine, in an unclipped, pictorial dust-jacket. A fine copy. Written while Tolkien was still an undergraduate at Oxford and considered his first attempt at tragedy, "The Story of Kullervo" is a prose retelling of "Kalevala", the Finnish epic poem by Elias Lönnrot. It also marks Tolkien's first venture in writing prose, having previously been known as a poet. The subject matter is much darker than classic Tolkien fans will have come to expect, but is perhaps reflective of the unsettled period in which he was writing it (1914-1915) and now thought to be a precursor to his entire canon. Introduced by Verlyn Flieger, Professor of English and Tolkien specialist.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Story of Kullervo.
• Publisher: London; Harper Collins Publishers, 2015.
• Publication Date: 2015
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included