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OverviewThe Old English Riddles survive through a manuscript of about the year 1000 left to Exeter Cathedral by Leofric, its first bishop. Unlike most of the poetry preserved in the Exeter Book , the Riddles are secular poems, robustly celebrating the familiar objects and natural world of eighth-century England. In this newly revised edition of his popular collection, Michael Alexander presents a selection of these ingenious and enigmatic poems in versions which capture their peculiar concision, humour and vigour of language. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael AlexanderPublisher: Carcanet Press Ltd Imprint: Anvil Press Poetry Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.150kg ISBN: 9780856463785ISBN 10: 0856463787 Pages: 96 Publication Date: 31 August 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Replaced By: 9780856460708 Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationMichael Alexander was, until his retirement, the Professor of English Literature at St Andrews University. He is the author of the Penguin Classics Beowulf, The Earliest English Poems and The Canterbury Tales: The First Fragment. His critical study The Poetic Achievement of Ezra Pound won a Scottish Arts Council Book Award. His other books include A History of Old English Literature and Medievalism: The Middle Ages in Modern England. He lives in Wells, Somerset. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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