Old English Riddles: From the Exeter Book - Michael Alexander - Books - Carcanet Press Ltd - 9780856463785 - October 1, 2007
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The Old English Riddles survive through a manuscript of about the year 1000 left to Exeter Cathedral by Leofric, its first bishop. The Riddles are secular poems, robustly celebrating the familiar objects and natural world of eighth-century England. This work presents a selection of these poems.

96 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 1, 2007
ISBN13 9780856463785
Publishers Carcanet Press Ltd
Pages 96
Dimensions 139 × 217 × 8 mm   ·   149 g

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