The Traditional Poetry of the Finns (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Traditional Poetry of the Finns (Classic Reprint) written by Domenico Comparetti and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Traditional Poetry of the Finns Of one poet. They are thought to be composed of minor poems, which, already in existence, were put together either all at once by one man or successively by several until the final collector appeared. And this putting together is imagined to be a simple stitching without any welding of the parts; so that the critical philologist can, by means of his special acumen, and of instruments and standards all his own, easily succeed in putting his finger on the joints and separating out the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.