The Exeter book riddles
The ninety-six Anglo-Saxon riddles in the eleventh-century Exeter Book are poems of great charm, zest, and subtlety. Ranging from natural phenomena (such as icebergs and storms at sea) to animal and bird life, from the Christian concept of the creation to prosaic domestic objects (such as a rake and a pair of bellows), and from weaponry to the peaceful pursuits of music and writing, they are full of sharp observation, earthy humour and, above all, a sense of wonder. The main text of this volume…
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- Full title :The Exeter book riddles / translated and introduced by Kevin Crossley-Holland.
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The ninety-six Anglo-Saxon riddles in the eleventh-century Exeter Book are poems of great charm, zest, and subtlety. Ranging from natural phenomena (such as icebergs and storms at sea) to animal and bird life, from the Christian concept of the creation to prosaic domestic objects (such as a rake and a pair of bellows), and from weaponry to the peaceful pursuits of music and writing, they are full of sharp observation, earthy humour and, above all, a sense of wonder. The main text of this volume contains Kevin Crossley-Holland's newly-revised translations of seventy-five fascinating and discurs.
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- Publication Date:2008.
- Edition:Rev. ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):[Distributed] in the U.S.A. and Canada [by] Dufour Editions, Enitharmon Press
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2008.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xvi, 118 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1910392545, 9781910392546
- oclc:ocn679300358
- LC Classification:PR1762
- Dewey Decimal:829.1
Table of Contents
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Riddles -- Notes -- Bibliography
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