Riddles at work in the early medieval tradition : Words, ideas, interactions

Name: Riddles at work in the early medieval tradition : Words, ideas, interactions
SKU: 9781526133717
Price: 57.38 GBP
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Author:

Series (if any):

Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture

Format:

Hardback

Number of pages:

344 pages, 4 black & white illustrations

Publisher:

Manchester University Press (P648)

ISBN-13:

9781526133717

EAN:

9781526133717

Classifications:

Literature: history and criticism

Weight (g):

646

Dimensions (mm):

145 x 222 x 32

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

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Description

Capitalising on developments in the field over the past decade, Riddles at work provides an up-to-date microcosm of research on the early medieval riddle tradition. The book presents a wide range of traditional and experimental methodologies. The contributors treat the riddles both as individual poems and as parts of a tradition, but, most importantly, they address Latin and Old English riddles side-by-side, bringing together texts that originally developed in conversation with each other but have often been separated by scholarship. Together, the chapters reveal that there is no single, right way to read these texts but rather a multitude of productive paths. This book will appeal to students and scholars of early medieval studies. It contains new as well as established voices, including Jonathan Wilcox, Mercedes Salvador-Bello and Jennifer Neville.