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Zustand: New. Wordplay has been at the heart of Western literature for many centuries, and medieval riddles provide insights into the extraordinary and the everyday. The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition assembles, for the first time ever, an astonishing array.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Harvard University Press Mai 2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 0674055330 ISBN 13: 9780674055339
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What offers over seven hundred witty enigmas in several languages Answer: The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition. Riddles, wordplay, and inscrutable utterances have been at the heart of Western literature for many centuries. Often brief and always delightful, medieval riddles provide insights into the extraordinary and the everyday, connecting the learned and the ribald, the lay and the devout, and the familiar and the imported. Many solutions involve domestic life, including 'butter churn' and 'chickens.' Others like 'the harrowing of hell' or 'the Pleiades' appeal to an educated elite. Still others, like 'the one-eyed seller of garlic,' are too absurd to solve: that is part of the game. Riddles are not simply lighthearted amusement. They invite philosophical questions about language and knowledge.
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition | Andy Orchard | Buch | Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library | Einband - fest (Hardcover) | Englisch | 2021 | Harvard University Press | EAN 9780674055339 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.