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Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pa
"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 Introduction -- Unriddling the...
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Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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"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 Introduction -- Unriddling the riddles -- A literal reading of riddle -- Transformation and textual culture -- Riddle 17 as Samson's lion -- Innuendo and oral tradition -- The roots of riddle -- Afterword