Research Catalog

Title

Inkerin itkuvirret = Ingrian laments / Aili Nenola.

Author

Nenola, Aili.

Publication

Helsinki : Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, 2002.

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Description

906 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"The lament, that song of sorrow improvised from traditional language and melody, is an ancient folklore genre known as a ritual form of grieving throughout the world. The laments of Ingria represent a Balto-Finnic women's tradition whose other branches includes the laments of the Karelian, Vepsian and Setu peoples. Women have composed and performed laments particularly in connection with death rites, but in Ingria the wedding laments performed by the bride and her mother were just as common as funerary laments. Laments were also used to bid farewell to boys conscripted into the army during the Czarist era, for their departure was often just as final as that of the brides or deceased. Using the richly metaphorical language of laments and their emotionally-charged mode of performance women expressed their suffering in situations outside of ritual occasions as well." "This volume contains nearly 700 lament texts recorded mostly in writing between 1841 and 1975, here presented in their original language with English translations and commentary. The book also includes samples of lament melodies."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran toimituksia, 0355-1768 ; 735 = Finnish Literature Society editions ; 735

Uniform Title

Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seuran toimituksia ; 735.

Alternative Title

Ingrian laments

Subject

• Folk poetry, Ingrian > Translations into English
• Laments > Ingria

Genre/Form

• Folk poetry, Ingrian – Translations into English.
• Translations
• Translations.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 899-906) and index.

Language (note)

• Finnish and English.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

9517460589

LCCN

^^2002445248

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library