Words at Work
โ David Horner, Peter Strutt
๐ Library
๐
1996
๐ Cambridge University Press
๐ English
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Riddles at work in the early medieval tradition: Words, ideas, interactions
โ Scribed by Megan Cavell; Jennifer Neville (editors)
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 342
- Series
- Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
The first collection devoted solely to early medieval riddles, Riddles at work showcases recent research in this popular, new field. It brings together studies of Old English and Latin riddles, authors at various stages of their careers and a range of approaches, aiming to map out both the state of the field now and its future directions.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front matter
Contents
List of figures and tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Exeter Book riddle titles
Note on language
General Introduction
Part I: Words
Introduction to Part I
Sorting out the rings: astronomical tropes in รragbysig (R.4)
Wundor and wrรฆtlic: the anatomy of wonder in the sex riddles
Domesticating the devil: the early medieval contexts of Aldhelmโs cat riddle
The crafting of sound in the riddles of the Exeter Book
Sound, voice, and articulation in the Exeter Book riddles
Part II: Ideas
Introduction to Part II
Warriors and their battle gear: conceptual blending in Anhaga (R.5) and Wรฆpnum Awyrged (R.20)
Humour and the Exeter Book riddles: incongruity in Feรพegeorn (R.31)
Memory and transformative fear in the Exeter Book riddles
Monstrous healing: Aldhelmโs leech riddle
Freolic, sellic: an ecofeminist reading of Modor Monigra (R.84)
Mind, mood, and meteorology in รrymful รeow (R.1โ3)
Part III: Interactions
Introduction to Part III
The nursemaid, the mother, and the prostitute: tracing an insular riddle topos on both sides of the English Channel
The moon and stars in the Bern and Eusebius riddles
Enigmatic knowing and the Vercelli Book
The materiality of fire in Legbysig and Ligbysig (R.30a and b) and an unexpected new solution
Dyre crรฆft: new translations of Exeter riddle fragments Modor Monigra (R.84), Se Wiht Wombe Hรฆfde (R.89), and Brunra Beot (R.92), accompanied by notes on process
Afterword
Bibliography
Index
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