LEADER 03777nam 2200697 450 001 9910456806103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8907-2 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442689077 035 $a(CKB)2550000000019347 035 $a(OCoLC)635459338 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10382068 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000478788 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11304740 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478788 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10434785 035 $a(PQKB)10101459 035 $a(CaPaEBR)430853 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00224346 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3268283 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672668 035 $a(DE-B1597)479161 035 $a(OCoLC)987954116 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442689077 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672668 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258324 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000019347 100 $a20160923h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSay what I am called $ethe Old English riddles of the Exeter Book and the Anglo-Latin riddle tradition /$fDieter Bitterli 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2009 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 225 1 $aToronto Anglo-Saxon Series ;$v2 311 $a0-8020-9352-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations and Symbols -- $tIntroduction -- $tPart I: Contexts -- $t1. Latin Riddling and the Vernacular -- $t2. Tell-Tale Birds: The Etymological Principle -- $t3. Crossings: Combinatorial and Numerical Riddles -- $tPart II. Codes -- $t4. Runic Strategies -- $t5. Bits and Pieces -- $t6. Letter Games -- $tPart III. Tools -- $t7. Silent Speech -- $t8. Beasts of Battle -- $t9. The Flesh Made Word -- $t10. Coda -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aPerhaps the most enigmatic cultural artifacts that survive from the Anglo-Saxon period are the Old English riddle poems that were preserved in the tenth century Exeter Book manuscript. Clever, challenging, and notoriously obscure, the riddles have fascinated readers for centuries and provided crucial insight into the period. In Say What I Am Called, Dieter Bitterli takes a fresh look at the riddles by examining them in the context of earlier Anglo-Latin riddles. Bitterli argues that there is a vigorous common tradition between Anglo-Latin and Old English riddles and details how the contents of the Exeter Book emulate and reassess their Latin predecessors while also expanding their literary and formal conventions. The book also considers the ways in which convention and content relate to writing in a vernacular language. A rich and illuminating work that is as intriguing as the riddles themselves, Say What I Am Called is a rewarding study of some of the most interesting works from the Anglo-Saxon period. 410 0$aToronto Anglo-Saxon series ;$v2. 606 $aRiddles, English (Old)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish poetry$yOld English, ca. 450-1100$xHistory and criticism 606 $aRiddles, Latin$xHistory and criticism 606 $aRiddles in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aRiddles, English (Old)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aRiddles, Latin$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aRiddles in literature. 676 $a829/.1009 700 $aBitterli$b Dieter$0985919 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456806103321 996 $aSay what I am called$92253476 997 $aUNINA