Unriddling the Exeter riddles / / Patrick J. Murphy
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| Autore: |
Murphy Patrick J. <1977->
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| Titolo: |
Unriddling the Exeter riddles / / Patrick J. Murphy
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| Pubblicazione: | University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2011] |
| ©2011 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (262 p. ) |
| Disciplina: | 829.109 |
| Soggetto topico: | Riddles in literature |
| Riddles, English (Old) - History and criticism | |
| English poetry - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism | |
| Classificazione: | 18.05 |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Unriddling the riddles -- A literal reading of riddle -- Transformation and textual culture -- Riddle 17 as Samson's lion -- Innuendo and oral tradition -- The roots of riddle -- Afterword. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "Examines the Old English riddles found in the tenth-century Exeter Book manuscript, with particular attention to their relationship to larger traditions of literary and traditional riddling"--Provided by publisher. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Unriddling the Exeter riddles |
| ISBN: | 0-271-07817-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818289803321 |
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