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OverviewTruth Is Trickiest seeks to turn the study of Old English riddles away from reductive searches for single answers. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jennifer NevillePublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.90cm , Height: 3.70cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.660kg ISBN: 9781487552527ISBN 10: 1487552521 Pages: 392 Publication Date: 12 July 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available, will be POD  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon it's release. This is a print on demand item which is still yet to be released. Table of ContentsReviews"""A learned and illuminating romp through the ninety-five Old English riddles in the Exeter Book (c. 1000), with nary a one decently accompanied by a solution. Jennifer Neville, while providing new interpretations of her own, explores what this vernacular resistance to closure signifies. A valuable appendix gathers up the wide-ranging 'answers' given over the last two centuries. Its very bulk hints that the things and processes puzzlingly depicted in the riddles may or may not be as they seem.""--Roberta Frank, Marie Borroff Professor Emerita of English, Yale University ""A book of sparkling wit and insight, meticulously researched and stylishly presented. Even those who believe that certain Old English riddles do have viable solutions will be swayed by Neville's argument that the game of riddle-solving is ultimately, and deliberately, an open-ended one, and that this indeterminacy is at the heart of the genre's appeal.""--John D. Niles, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of California, Berkeley ""Anyone interested in the Exeter Book riddles will want this book, especially the challenging analyses and rich complementary list of solutions.""--Jane Roberts, Emeritus Professor of English Language and Medieval Literature, University of London" Author InformationJennifer Neville is a reader in early medieval English literature at Royal Holloway, University of London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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