Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1977
Published In
The Old English Riddles Of The Exeter Book
Abstract
The "Exeter Book," a late tenth-century manuscript of early Old English poetry, is an anthology of religious homiletic verse, elegiac poetry, and ninety-one lyric riddles. The riddles are of particular interest to students of Old English poetry and Anglo-Saxon culture, to archeologists, anthropologists, and folklorists. This volume will supersede all earlier editions of the riddles as the text contains many new manuscript readings, and a summary is given of the scholarship on each riddle.
Published By
University of North Carolina Press
Editor(s)
Craig Williamson
Recommended Citation
Craig Williamson. (1977). The Old English Riddles Of The Exeter Book.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-english-lit/71
Comments
The introduction of this work is freely available courtesy of North Carolina Press.
From THE OLD ENGLISH RIDDLES OF THE 'EXETER BOOK' edited by Craig Williamson. Copyright © 1977 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher. www.uncpress.org