Saint Aldhelm's Riddles
"The first and one of the finest Latin poets of Anglo-Saxon England, the seventh-century bishop Saint Aldhelm can justly be called "Britain's first man of letters". Among his many influential poetic texts were the hundred riddles that made up his Aenigmata. In this book, Juster offers the first verse translation of this text in almost a century, capturing the wit, warmth, and wonder of the first English riddle collection."--
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- Full title :Saint Aldhelm's Riddles / translated by A.M. Juster.
Summary
"The first and one of the finest Latin poets of Anglo-Saxon England, the seventh-century bishop Saint Aldhelm can justly be called "Britain's first man of letters". Among his many influential poetic texts were the hundred riddles that made up his Aenigmata. In this book, Juster offers the first verse translation of this text in almost a century, capturing the wit, warmth, and wonder of the first English riddle collection."--
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- Publication Date:2015
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Toronto Press
- Place of Publication:Toronto
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015
Notes
Translation of: Aenigmata Aldhelmi.
The Physical Object
- Description:xix, 173 pages ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781442637429, 1442637420, 9781442628922, 1442628928
- oclc:ocn904968430
- LC Classification:PA8246.A43
- Dewey Decimal:871/.02
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