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Riddles at work in the early medieval tradition: Words, ideas, interactions (Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture) - Softcover

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9781526178763: Riddles at work in the early medieval tradition: Words, ideas, interactions (Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1526178761 ISBN 13: 9781526178763
Verlag: Manchester University Press, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

Capitalising on developments in the field over the past decade, Riddles at work provides an up-to-date microcosm of research on the early medieval riddle tradition. The book presents a wide range of traditional and experimental methodologies. The contributors treat the riddles both as individual poems and as parts of a tradition, but, most importantly, they address Latin and Old English riddles side-by-side, bringing together texts that originally developed in conversation with each other but have often been separated by scholarship. Together, the chapters reveal that there is no single, right way to read these texts but rather a multitude of productive paths. This book will appeal to students and scholars of early medieval studies. It contains new as well as established voices, including Jonathan Wilcox, Mercedes Salvador-Bello and Jennifer Neville.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Megan Cavell is Associate Professor in medieval literature at the University of Birmingham

Jennifer Neville is Reader in Anglo-Saxon Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London

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Riddles at work assembles multiple scholarly voices to explore the vibrant, poetic riddle tradition of early medieval England and its neighbours. The chapters present a wide range of traditional and experimental methodologies. They treat the riddles both as individual poems and as parts of a tradition, but, most importantly, they address Latin and Old English riddles side-by-side, bringing together texts that originally developed in conversation with each other but have often been separated in scholarship.

Following the introduction, which situates the book in its scholarly context, Part I (Words) presents philological approaches to early medieval riddles – interpretations rooted in close readings of texts – since riddles work by making readers question what words really mean. However, while reading carefully may lead to elegant solutions, such solutions are not the end of the riddling game. Part II (Ideas) therefore explores how riddles work to make readers think anew about objects, relationships, and experiences, using literary theory to facilitate new approaches. Part III (Interactions) then looks at how riddles work through connections with other fields, languages, times, and places. Together, the chapters reveal that there is no single, right way to read these texts but rather a multitude of productive paths – some explored here, some awaiting future work.

Riddles at work will appeal to students and scholars of early medieval studies. It features a mixture of new and established voices, including Jonathan Wilcox, Mercedes Salvador-Bello, and Jennifer Neville.

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Verlag
Manchester University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1526178761
ISBN 13 
9781526178763
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
344
Herausgeber
Cavell Megan, Neville Jennifer
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