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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781442689077

Content: Perhaps the most enigmatic cultural artifacts that survive from the Anglo-Saxon period are the Old English riddle poems that were preserved in the tenth century Exeter Book manuscript. Clever, challenging, and notoriously obscure, the riddles have fascinated readers for centuries and provided crucial insight into the period. In Say What I Am Called, Dieter Bitterli takes a fresh look at the riddles by examining them in the context of earlier Anglo-Latin riddles. Bitterli argues that there is a vigorous common tradition between Anglo-Latin and Old English riddles and details how the contents of the Exeter Book emulate and reassess their Latin predecessors while also expanding their literary and formal conventions. The book also considers the ways in which convention and content relate to writing in a vernacular language. A rich and illuminating work that is as intriguing as the riddles themselves, Say What I Am Called is a rewarding study of some of the most interesting works from the Anglo-Saxon period.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Abbreviations and Symbols -- , Introduction -- , Part I: Contexts -- , 1. Latin Riddling and the Vernacular -- , 2. Tell-Tale Birds: The Etymological Principle -- , 3. Crossings: Combinatorial and Numerical Riddles -- , Part II. Codes -- , 4. Runic Strategies -- , 5. Bits and Pieces -- , 6. Letter Games -- , Part III. Tools -- , 7. Silent Speech -- , 8. Beasts of Battle -- , 9. The Flesh Made Word -- , 10. Coda -- , Bibliography -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.3138/9781442689077

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442689077

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Format: 1 online resource (232 pages).

ISBN: 9781442689077 (e-book)

Series Statement: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series ; 2

Additional Edition: Print version: Bitterli, Dieter. Say what I am called : the Old English riddles of the Exeter Book and the Anglo-Latin riddle tradition. Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, c2009 ISBN 9780802093523

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

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Format: 1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-4426-8907-2

Series Statement: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series ; 2

Content: Perhaps the most enigmatic cultural artifacts that survive from the Anglo-Saxon period are the Old English riddle poems that were preserved in the tenth century Exeter Book manuscript. Clever, challenging, and notoriously obscure, the riddles have fascinated readers for centuries and provided crucial insight into the period. In Say What I Am Called, Dieter Bitterli takes a fresh look at the riddles by examining them in the context of earlier Anglo-Latin riddles. Bitterli argues that there is a vigorous common tradition between Anglo-Latin and Old English riddles and details how the contents of the Exeter Book emulate and reassess their Latin predecessors while also expanding their literary and formal conventions. The book also considers the ways in which convention and content relate to writing in a vernacular language. A rich and illuminating work that is as intriguing as the riddles themselves, Say What I Am Called is a rewarding study of some of the most interesting works from the Anglo-Saxon period.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Abbreviations and Symbols -- , Introduction -- , Part I: Contexts -- , 1. Latin Riddling and the Vernacular -- , 2. Tell-Tale Birds: The Etymological Principle -- , 3. Crossings: Combinatorial and Numerical Riddles -- , Part II. Codes -- , 4. Runic Strategies -- , 5. Bits and Pieces -- , 6. Letter Games -- , Part III. Tools -- , 7. Silent Speech -- , 8. Beasts of Battle -- , 9. The Flesh Made Word -- , 10. Coda -- , Bibliography -- , Index , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8020-9352-3

Language: English

DOI: 10.3138/9781442689077