Riddles In Literature
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Author | : Eleanor Cook |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 10 |
Release | : 2006-02-16 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0521855101 |
A wide-ranging and original study on how enigmas and riddles work in literature.
Author | : Francis Adelbert Blackburn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1900 |
Genre | : Exeter book |
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Author | : Katharina Fischer |
Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2008-04-18 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 3638037509 |
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), 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 | : Patrick J. Murphy |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2011-03-28 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0271078170 |
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 | : Gregg A. Hecimovich |
Publisher | : Peter Lang |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781433101427 |
Puzzling the Reader establishes the place of charms and riddles in nineteenth-century British literature by exploring the literary and political work riddles performed at cultural thresholds: courtship, initiation, death rituals, moments of greeting, and intercultural relations. Furthermore, Puzzling the Reader investigates the new narrative genre that riddles uncover by transforming traditional narrative techniques. Far from disappearing from view, the oral tradition of the riddles rises into view alongside the literary narratives of William Blake, John Keats, and Charles Dickens. The folk tradition of the riddle is imported into print media and reaches its zenith in the nineteenth century. Through analyses of riddles in weekly literature and satire magazines, parlor game books, and popular collected riddles, such as Queen Victoria's «Windsor Enigma», this volume examines the literary and political roles riddles play as they migrate into mass print culture. Three crucial texts illustrate this argument: Blake's «Jerusalem», Keats's «The Eve of St. Agnes», and Dickens's Our Mutual Friend. Each is a work of formal experimentation and each typifies the full range of word play in the period. From Blake to Keats to Dickens, nineteenth-century British literature charts a «history» of the literary riddle.
Author | : Archer Taylor |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Riddles |
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Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Humor |
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"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 | : J. Patrick Lewis |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 37 |
Release | : 2009-08-12 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0811846687 |
Thirteen poems pose riddles that challenge readers to "Name That Book." With a glass slipper here and a spiderweb there, Lynn Munsinger's illustrations lead young readers to the solutions.
Author | : Monika Beisner |
Publisher | : Farrar Straus & Giroux |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780374453176 |
One hundred one riddles include old favorites and new puzzles. Full-page, color illustrations provide clues.
Author | : Marc Brown |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Children's Books |
Total Pages | : 39 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Readers |
ISBN | : 9780001714236 |
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