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9780807898093: The Old English Riddles of the 'Exeter Book'
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ISBN 10: 0807898090 ISBN 13: 9780807898093
Editorial: University of North Carolina Press Enduring Editions, 1977

Sinopsis

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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The ###Exeter Book#, a late tenthcentury manuscript of early Old English poetry, is an anthology of religious homiletic verse, elegiac poetry, and ninetyone lyric riddles. The riddles are of particular interest to students of Old English poetry and AngloSaxon 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.The ###Exeter Book#, a late tenthcentury manuscript of early Old English poetry, is an anthology of religious homiletic verse, elegiac poetry, and ninetyone lyric riddles. The riddles are of particular interest to students of Old English poetry and AngloSaxon 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.

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Editorial
University of North Carolina Press Enduring Editions
Año de publicación
1977
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0807898090
ISBN 13 
9780807898093
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
504
Editor
Williamson Craig
Contacto del fabricante
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