1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004079600403321

Autore

Janz, Marlies

Titolo

Marmorbilder : Weiblichkeit und Tod bei Clemens Brentano und Hugo von Hofmannsthal / Marlies Janz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Konigstein/Ts. : Athenaum, 1986

ISBN

3-7610-8336-X

Descrizione fisica

218 p. ; 21 cm

Disciplina

830.9145

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

830.9145 JAN 1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910692025703321

Autore

O'Connor Jim E. <1959->

Titolo

Large floods in the United States [[electronic resource] ] : where they happen and why / / Jim E. O'Connor and John E. Costa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Portland, Or.?] : , : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, , 2003

Collana

U.S. Geological Survey circular ; ; 1245

Altri autori (Persone)

CostaJohn E

Soggetti

Floods - United States

Flood forecasting - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Oct. 1, 2003).

Distributed to depository libraries in paper (iv, 13 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm.), shipping list no.: 2004-0052-P.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781117203321

Autore

Bitterli Dieter

Titolo

Say what I am called : the Old English riddles of the Exeter Book and the Anglo-Latin riddle tradition / / Dieter Bitterli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-4426-8907-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series ; ; 2

Disciplina

829/.1009

Soggetti

Riddles, English (Old) - History and criticism

English poetry - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism

Riddles, Latin - History and criticism

Riddles in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Symbols -- Introduction -- Part I: Contexts -- 1. Latin Riddling and the Vernacular -- 2. Tell-Tale Birds: The Etymological Principle -- 3. Crossings: Combinatorial and Numerical Riddles -- Part II. Codes -- 4. Runic Strategies -- 5. Bits and Pieces -- 6. Letter Games -- Part III. Tools -- 7. Silent Speech -- 8. Beasts of Battle -- 9. The Flesh Made Word -- 10. Coda -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.