Exeter book riddles, the
Auteur :
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
Éditeur :
Enitharmon Press
ISBN :
9781904634461
Date de publication :
4 juil. 2008
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The ninety-six Anglo-Saxon riddles in the eleventh-century "Exeter Book" are poems of great charm, zest, and subtlety. This volume contains the author's translations of seventy-five riddles while a further sixteen are translated in the notes.