Old English Enigmatic Poems and the Play of the Texts by John D. Niles

Old English Enigmatic Poems and the Play of the Texts

Studies in the Early Middle Ages

John D. Niles

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This book consists of a close study of a number of verse texts chiefly drawn from the Exeter Book of Old English poetry. All of these texts are enigmatic. Some are outright riddles, while others (such as the elegies) are riddle-like in their manne...

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