Saint Aldhelm's riddles /
The first and one of the finest Latin poets of Anglo-Saxon England, the seventh-century bishop Saint Aldhelm can justly be called "Britain's first man of letters." Among his many influential poetic texts were the hundred riddles that made up his Aenigmata. In this book, Juster offers...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto ; Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press,
[2015]
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| Summary: | The first and one of the finest Latin poets of Anglo-Saxon England, the seventh-century bishop Saint Aldhelm can justly be called "Britain's first man of letters." Among his many influential poetic texts were the hundred riddles that made up his Aenigmata. In this book, Juster offers the first verse translation of this text in almost a century, capturing the wit, warmth and wonder of the first English riddle collection. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Aenigmata Aldhelmi. |
| Physical Description: | xix, 173 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-164) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781442637429 1442637420 9781442628922 1442628928 |