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. -- .
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. -- .
Megan Cavell is Birmingham Fellow and lecturer in medieval literature at the University of Birmingham Jennifer Neville is Reader in Anglo-Saxon Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction - Megan Cavell, Jennifer Neville and Victoria Symons Exeter Book riddle titles Part I: Words Introduction - Megan Cavell and Jennifer Neville 1 Sorting out the rings: astronomical tropes in Þragbysig (R.4) - Jennifer Neville 2 Wundor and wrætlic: the anatomy of wonder in the sex riddles - Sharon E. Rhodes 3 Domesticating the devil: the early medieval contexts of Aldhelm's cat riddle - Megan Cavell 4 The crafting of sound in the riddles of the Exeter Book - Francesca Brooks 5 Sound, voice, and articulation in the Exeter Book riddles -Robert Stanton Part II: Ideas Introduction - Megan Cavell and Jennifer Neville 6 Warriors and their battle gear: conceptual blending in Anhaga (R.5) and Wæpnum Awyrged (R.20) - Karin Olsen 7 Humour and the Exeter Book riddles: incongruity in Feþegeorn (R.31) - Jonathan Wilcox 8 Memory and transformative fear in the Exeter Book riddles - Rafal Boryslawski 9 Monstrous healing: Aldhelm's leech riddle - Peter Buchanan 10Freolic, sellic: an ecofeminist reading of Modor Monigra (R.84) - Corinne Dale 11 Mind, mood and meteorology in Þrymful Þeow (R.1-3) - James Paz Part III: Interactions Introduction - Megan Cavell and Jennifer Neville 12 The nursemaid, the mother and the prostitute: tracing an insular riddle topos on both sides of the English Channel - Mercedes Salvador-Bello 13 The moon and stars in the Bern and Eusebius riddles - Neville Mogford 14 Enigmatic knowing and the Vercelli Book - Britt Mize 15 The materiality of fire in Legbysig and Ligbysig (R.30a and b) and an unexpected new solution - Pirkko A. Koppinen 16 Dyre cræft: new translations of Exeter riddle fragments Modor Monigra (R.84), Se Wiht Wombe Hæfde (R.89), and Brunra Beot (R.92), accompanied by notes on process' - Miller Wolf Oberman Afterword - Megan Cavell and Jennifer Neville Index
Introduction - Megan Cavell, Jennifer Neville and Victoria Symons Exeter Book riddle titles Part I: Words Introduction - Megan Cavell and Jennifer Neville 1 Sorting out the rings: astronomical tropes in Þragbysig (R.4) - Jennifer Neville 2 Wundor and wrætlic: the anatomy of wonder in the sex riddles - Sharon E. Rhodes 3 Domesticating the devil: the early medieval contexts of Aldhelm's cat riddle - Megan Cavell 4 The crafting of sound in the riddles of the Exeter Book - Francesca Brooks 5 Sound, voice, and articulation in the Exeter Book riddles -Robert Stanton Part II: Ideas Introduction - Megan Cavell and Jennifer Neville 6 Warriors and their battle gear: conceptual blending in Anhaga (R.5) and Wæpnum Awyrged (R.20) - Karin Olsen 7 Humour and the Exeter Book riddles: incongruity in Feþegeorn (R.31) - Jonathan Wilcox 8 Memory and transformative fear in the Exeter Book riddles - Rafal Boryslawski 9 Monstrous healing: Aldhelm's leech riddle - Peter Buchanan 10Freolic, sellic: an ecofeminist reading of Modor Monigra (R.84) - Corinne Dale 11 Mind, mood and meteorology in Þrymful Þeow (R.1-3) - James Paz Part III: Interactions Introduction - Megan Cavell and Jennifer Neville 12 The nursemaid, the mother and the prostitute: tracing an insular riddle topos on both sides of the English Channel - Mercedes Salvador-Bello 13 The moon and stars in the Bern and Eusebius riddles - Neville Mogford 14 Enigmatic knowing and the Vercelli Book - Britt Mize 15 The materiality of fire in Legbysig and Ligbysig (R.30a and b) and an unexpected new solution - Pirkko A. Koppinen 16 Dyre cræft: new translations of Exeter riddle fragments Modor Monigra (R.84), Se Wiht Wombe Hæfde (R.89), and Brunra Beot (R.92), accompanied by notes on process' - Miller Wolf Oberman Afterword - Megan Cavell and Jennifer Neville Index
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309
