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Author:

Niles, John D.

Title:

Old English enigmatic poems and the play of the texts / by John D. Niles.

Publisher:

Brepols ;

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xiii, 330 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Exeter book.
English poetry--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.
Riddles, English (Old)--History and criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:

Old English poems and current readers -- Exeter Book riddle 74 and the play of the text -- Exeter Book riddle 55: some gallows humour -- New answers to Exeter Book riddles 36, 58, 70, and 75/76 -- Answering the riddles in their own tongue: Exeter Book riddle solutions in Old English -- The problem of the ending of The wife's lament: more on curses in the northern world -- The trick of the runes in The husband's message -- Runic hermeneutics in The rune poem: a bonus ship -- Cynewulf's use of initialisms in his runic signatures -- On the dance of wit and wisdom.

Series:

Studies in the early Middle Ages ; v. 13

ISBN:

9782503515304 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
2503515304 (hbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN:

2007370542

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)