Riddles In Literature Old English Riddle

Author : Dieter Bitterli
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780802093523

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Say what I Am Called by Dieter Bitterli Pdf

Perhaps the most enigmatic cultural artifacts that survive from the Anglo-Saxon period are the Old English riddle poems that were preserved in the tenth century Exeter Book manuscript. Clever, challenging, and notoriously obscure, the riddles have fascinated readers for centuries and provided crucial insight into the period. In Say What I Am Called, Dieter Bitterli takes a fresh look at the riddles by examining them in the context of earlier Anglo-Latin riddles. Bitterli argues that there is a vigorous common tradition between Anglo-Latin and Old English riddles and details how the contents of the Exeter Book emulate and reassess their Latin predecessors while also expanding their literary and formal conventions. The book also considers the ways in which convention and content relate to writing in a vernacular language. A rich and illuminating work that is as intriguing as the riddles themselves, Say What I Am Called is a rewarding study of some of the most interesting works from the Anglo-Saxon period.

Author : Patrick J. Murphy
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780271078175

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Unriddling the Exeter Riddles by Patrick J. Murphy Pdf

The vibrant and enigmatic Exeter Riddles (ca. 960–980) are among the most compelling texts in the field of medieval studies, in part because they lack textually supplied solutions. Indeed, these ninety-five Old English riddles have become so popular that they have even been featured on posters for the London Underground and have inspired a sculpture in downtown Exeter. Modern scholars have responded enthusiastically to the challenge of solving the Riddles, but have generally examined them individually. Few have considered the collection as a whole or in a broader context. In this book, Patrick Murphy takes an innovative approach, arguing that in order to understand the Riddles more fully, we must step back from the individual puzzles and consider the group in light of the textual and oral traditions from which they emerged. He offers fresh insights into the nature of the Exeter Riddles’ complexity, their intellectual foundations, and their lively use of metaphor.

Author : Katharina Fischer
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783640656578

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Riddles In Literature: Old English Riddle by Katharina Fischer Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Kassel (Institut f r Anglistik und Amerikanistik), 16 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Riddles and rhymes are very common in English speaking countries; they are even part of oral lore among children and students. True riddles or punning ones with a word of two uses are very popular, i.e. "What runs but never walks? - A river."1 Although they are regarded as special forms funny puzzles, enigmas and sayings were also an important element of poetic diction throughout the history of literature. Old English prose and verse are considered to be the oldest literature written in vernacular, although Latin and Germanic influence is apparent in the Old English language. During the Anglo-Saxon Period and especially under Alfred, King of Wessex, Old English language and poetry reached its highpoint. At this time the clergy was considered as the intellectual elite and so poetry was composed in monasteries and the so called "writing-rooms". The surviving manuscripts include heroic, elegiac and religious elements, as in the Beowulf poem, The Seafarer and The Dream of the Rood. Old English riddles can be found in The Book of Exeter anthology. The collection includes about ninety riddles with heroic, religious and philosophical elements. This special form of poetic diction provides characteristic stylistic devices like alliterative verse and kenning. Besides that, the enigmas had a didactic purpose, as they were intended for religious and linguistic learning at the monastery schools.

Author : Francis Adelbert Blackburn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Exeter book
ISBN : UOM:39015008866918

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The Husband's Message & the Accompanying Riddles of the Exeter Book by Francis Adelbert Blackburn Pdf

Author : Craig Williamson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781469610290

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The Old English Riddles of the 'Exeter Book' by Craig Williamson Pdf

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. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Author : Dieter Bitterli
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442692022

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Say What I Am Called by Dieter Bitterli Pdf

Perhaps the most enigmatic cultural artifacts that survive from the Anglo-Saxon period are the Old English riddle poems that were preserved in the tenth century Exeter Book manuscript. Clever, challenging, and notoriously obscure, the riddles have fascinated readers for centuries and provided crucial insight into the period. In Say What I Am Called, Dieter Bitterli takes a fresh look at the riddles by examining them in the context of earlier Anglo-Latin riddles. Bitterli argues that there is a vigorous common tradition between Anglo-Latin and Old English riddles and details how the contents of the Exeter Book emulate and reassess their Latin predecessors while also expanding their literary and formal conventions. The book also considers the ways in which convention and content relate to writing in a vernacular language. A rich and illuminating work that is as intriguing as the riddles themselves, Say What I Am Called is a rewarding study of some of the most interesting works from the Anglo-Saxon period.

Author : Corinne Dale
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781843844648

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The Natural World in the Exeter Book Riddles by Corinne Dale Pdf

An investigation of the non-human world in the Exeter Book riddles, drawing on the exciting new approaches of eco-criticism and eco-theology.

Author : Rafat Boryslawski,Rafał Borysławski
Publisher : Peter Lang Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015059202625

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The Old English Riddles and the Riddlic Elements of Old English Poetry by Rafat Boryslawski,Rafał Borysławski Pdf

"The art of posing riddles is possibly as old as mankind and spans two apparent extremes which, nevertheless, converge in the riddlic form: that of wisdom and that of play. With this perspective in mind, the author examines the poetic enigmas present in the culture of Anglo-Saxon England, exploring both the Anglo-Latin riddles of Aldhelm and those recorded in the Exeter Book. His study investigates the Old English riddlic texts from a variety of angles, arguing for the possibility of establishing patterns of Anglo-Saxon riddlic composition as such. The author intends to prove that both the Exeter collection and the Aenigmata of Aldhelm are constructed on the grounds of an identifiable structure of interrelations and interdependencies. Additionally, he argues that the riddlic mode of literary representation is also visible in other Anglo-Saxon poetic compositions. The analysis of such an assumption leads to the conclusion that the predilection for the riddle form in Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Saxon poetry results from an Old English vision of the Christian world".--BOOKJACKET.

Author : Patrick J. Murphy
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780271048413

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Unriddling the Exeter Riddles by Patrick J. Murphy Pdf

"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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Humor
ISBN : UOM:39015064989083

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Old English Riddles from the Exeter Book by Anonim Pdf

A new, revised edition of an ancient English Classic from England's oldest independent poetry press.

Author : Alfred John Wyatt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Humor
ISBN : UOM:39076005247841

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Old English Riddles by Alfred John Wyatt Pdf

Author : Louis Jerome Rodrigues
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015046381391

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Sixty-five Anglo-Saxon Riddles by Louis Jerome Rodrigues Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Humor
ISBN : UOM:39015077132762

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The Exeter Book Riddles by Anonim Pdf

"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, earthly 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 discursive riddles - all those not very badly damaged or impenetrably obscure - while a further sixteen are translated in the notes. These translations are very widely anthologised in Britain and the USA. Sir Arthur Bliss and William Mathias set some of them to music, Ralph Steadman has illustrated them and Michael Fairfax has incorporated them in his Riddle Sculpture."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Katharina Fischer
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783638037501

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Riddles In Literature: Old English Riddle by Katharina Fischer Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, University of Kassel (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik), 16 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Riddles and rhymes are very common in English speaking countries; they are even part of oral lore among children and students. True riddles or punning ones with a word of two uses are very popular, i.e. “What runs but never walks? – A river.”1 Although they are regarded as special forms funny puzzles, enigmas and sayings were also an important element of poetic diction throughout the history of literature. Old English prose and verse are considered to be the oldest literature written in vernacular, although Latin and Germanic influence is apparent in the Old English language. During the Anglo-Saxon Period and especially under Alfred, King of Wessex, Old English language and poetry reached its highpoint. At this time the clergy was considered as the intellectual elite and so poetry was composed in monasteries and the so called “writing-rooms”. The surviving manuscripts include heroic, elegiac and religious elements, as in the Beowulf poem, The Seafarer and The Dream of the Rood. Old English riddles can be found in The Book of Exeter anthology. The collection includes about ninety riddles with heroic, religious and philosophical elements. This special form of poetic diction provides characteristic stylistic devices like alliterative verse and kenning. Besides that, the enigmas had a didactic purpose, as they were intended for religious and linguistic learning at the monastery schools.

Author : Agop Hacikyan
Publisher : Montreal, Casalini 1966
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : English literature
ISBN : UCAL:B4937302

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A Linguistic and Literary Analysis of Old English Riddles by Agop Hacikyan Pdf