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Truth Is Trickiest : The Case for Ambiguity in the Exeter Book Riddles.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Neville, Jennifer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ambiguity in literature.
- English poetry--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- English poetry--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Themes, motives.
- Riddles in literature.
- Riddles, English (Old)--History and criticism.
- Riddles, English (Old).
- Riddles, English (Old)--Themes, motives.
- Riddles, Latin--England--History and criticism.
- Riddles, Latin.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (393 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- Truth Is Trickiestseeks to turn the study of Old English riddles away from reductive searches for single answers.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Riddle Titles
- 1 Introduction: Soð bið Swicolast "Truth Is Trickiest"
- 2 The Joy of Limits: The Heroic Idiom as "Code"
- 3 Muddying the Waters: The Heroic Idiom as Camouflage and Disguise
- 4 Dark Tracks through the Heroic Idiom: Aporia, Irony, and Paradox
- 5 Domestic Practices: Manufacturing and Implements
- 6 The Strange Game of Sex: Asexual Reproduction and Gratuitous Sex
- 7 Not Concluding but Continuing
- Appendix: The Argument over Solutions
- Bibliography
- Index of Solutions
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Neville, Jennifer Truth Is Trickiest
- ISBN:
- 9781487552572
- OCLC:
- 1478698354
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