Old English Riddles
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Old English Riddles From The Exeter Book
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Author : Michael Alexander
language : en
Publisher: Learning Links
Release Date : 1980
Old English Riddles From The Exeter Book written by Michael Alexander and has been published by Learning Links this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Humor categories.
Unlike most of the Old English poetry preserved in the Exeter Book, the Riddles are secular poems, robustly celebrating the familiar objects and natural world of eighth-century England. Michael Alexander presents a selection of these ingenious and enigmatic poems in versions which capture their peculiar concision, suggestion and vigour of language. Michael Alexander is a poet and the translator of The Earliest English Poems and Beowulf (both Penguin Classics).
The Old English Riddles Of The Exeter Book
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Author : Craig Williamson
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2017-12-10
The Old English Riddles Of The Exeter Book written by Craig Williamson and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Exeter Book, a late tenth-century manuscript of early Old English poetry, is an anthology of religious homiletic verse, elegiac poetry, and ninety-one lyric riddles. The riddles are of particular interest to students of Old English poetry and Anglo-Saxon culture, to archeologists, anthropologists, and folklorists. This volume will supersede all earlier editions of the riddles as the text contains many new manuscript readings, and a summary is given of the scholarship on each riddle. Originally published in 1977. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Say What I Am Called
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Author : Dieter Bitterli
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Say What I Am Called written by Dieter Bitterli and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Perhaps the most enigmatic cultural artifacts that survive from the Anglo-Saxon period are the Old English riddle poems that were preserved in the tenth century Exeter Book manuscript. Clever, challenging, and notoriously obscure, the riddles have fascinated readers for centuries and provided crucial insight into the period. In Say What I Am Called, Dieter Bitterli takes a fresh look at the riddles by examining them in the context of earlier Anglo-Latin riddles. Bitterli argues that there is a vigorous common tradition between Anglo-Latin and Old English riddles and details how the contents of the Exeter Book emulate and reassess their Latin predecessors while also expanding their literary and formal conventions. The book also considers the ways in which convention and content relate to writing in a vernacular language. A rich and illuminating work that is as intriguing as the riddles themselves, Say What I Am Called is a rewarding study of some of the most interesting works from the Anglo-Saxon period.
The Husband S Message The Accompanying Riddles Of The Exeter Book
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Author : Francis Adelbert Blackburn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1900
The Husband S Message The Accompanying Riddles Of The Exeter Book written by Francis Adelbert Blackburn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1900 with Exeter book categories.
Riddles In Literature Old English Riddle
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Author : Katharina Fischer
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2010-07-08
Riddles In Literature Old English Riddle written by Katharina Fischer and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-08 with categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Kassel (Institut f r Anglistik und Amerikanistik), 16 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Riddles and rhymes are very common in English speaking countries; they are even part of oral lore among children and students. True riddles or punning ones with a word of two uses are very popular, i.e. "What runs but never walks? - A river."1 Although they are regarded as special forms funny puzzles, enigmas and sayings were also an important element of poetic diction throughout the history of literature. Old English prose and verse are considered to be the oldest literature written in vernacular, although Latin and Germanic influence is apparent in the Old English language. During the Anglo-Saxon Period and especially under Alfred, King of Wessex, Old English language and poetry reached its highpoint. At this time the clergy was considered as the intellectual elite and so poetry was composed in monasteries and the so called "writing-rooms". The surviving manuscripts include heroic, elegiac and religious elements, as in the Beowulf poem, The Seafarer and The Dream of the Rood. Old English riddles can be found in The Book of Exeter anthology. The collection includes about ninety riddles with heroic, religious and philosophical elements. This special form of poetic diction provides characteristic stylistic devices like alliterative verse and kenning. Besides that, the enigmas had a didactic purpose, as they were intended for religious and linguistic learning at the monastery schools.
The Exeter Book
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Author : Israel Gollancz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-10-09
The Exeter Book written by Israel Gollancz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-09 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Old English Riddles
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
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A Linguistic And Literary Analysis Of Old English Riddles
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Author : Agop Hacikyan
language : en
Publisher: Montreal, Casalini 1966
Release Date : 1966
A Linguistic And Literary Analysis Of Old English Riddles written by Agop Hacikyan and has been published by Montreal, Casalini 1966 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with English literature categories.
Old English Riddles
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Author : Alfred John Wyatt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Old English Riddles written by Alfred John Wyatt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Humor categories.
Anglo Saxon Riddles
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Author : John Porter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Anglo Saxon Riddles written by John Porter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Humor categories.
A book full of ingenious characters who speak their names in riddles-a bookworm, an iceberg, an oyster, the sun and moon and a one-eyed garlic seller are just a few that bear witness to the every-day life and imagination of the Anglo-Saxons. Their sense of the awesome power of creation goes hand in hand with a frank delight in obscenity, a fascination with disguise and with the mysterious processes by which the natural world is yurned to human use. Contains all 95 Exeter Book riddles.