La storia di Kullervo by J.R.R. Tolkien

La storia di Kullervo by J.R.R. Tolkien

Author:J.R.R. Tolkien [Tolkien, J.R.R.]
Language: ita
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Narrativa, High Fantasy
Publisher: Bompiani
Published: 2016-03-16T23:00:00+00:00


VII

Quotation

The translation I am going to use is that of the ‘Everyman’ series (2 vols) W.H. Kirby: who sometimes seems to plump unnecessarily for the prosy and verbally preposterous, though the great difficulty of course, of the original style is hard to exaggerate. As far as I can see he seems to have tried as nearly as possible the task of making each line correspond to each line of the original which hasn’t improved things: but occasionally he is very good indeed.

If anyone does not know the story (and there is time) I can scarcely do better than read the bald summary in the preface to this edition.

Passages:

The favourites among the Finns are the episodes of ‘Aino’ and ‘Kullervo’

1) Aino R. III 530 (circa) to end: R. IV (140-190) 190-470

2) Kullervo R. 31:. 1-200 34 1-80 35 (170) 190-290 36

(60-180) 280-end

3) The ‘Kine-Song’ (cp. above page)

32 60-160 210-310

(This includes the classic example of ‘wheedling’: the bear of course is the most hated of all animals to the farmer’s wife: this is how she addresses him. 32 310 -370;. 390-430;. 450-470)

4) Origin of Iron IX 20-260

5) Origin of Beer XX 140-250:. 340-390

6) Forging of Sampo X 260-430

7) Great Ox XX 1-80

8) Joukahainen III 270-490

9) Tormenting of the Bride XXII 20-120; (130-190) (290-400)



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