The Old English Riddles of the 'Exeter Book'

ISBN 10: 0807812722 / ISBN 13: 9780807812723

Published by The University of North Carolina, 1977

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Old English Riddles of the 'Exeter Book'
• Publisher: The University of North Carolina
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807812722
• ISBN 13: 9780807812723
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The Exeter Book, a late tenth-century manuscript of early Old English poetry, is an anthology of religious homiletic verse, elegiac poetry, and ninety-one lyric riddles. The riddles are of particular interest to students of Old English poetry and Anglo-Saxon culture, to archeologists, anthropologists, and folklorists. This volume will supersede all earlier editions of the riddles as the text contains many new manuscript readings, and a summary is given of the scholarship on each riddle.

Originally published in 1977.

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