The Creation is one of the most important themes in Old English poetry. The Riddle of Creation approaches the Creation through its metaphors, focussing especially on images relating to architecture and the body. These are shown to form organized structures extending throughout the poetry, structures which are ironically inverted in the Exeter Book riddles.
Overall, these metaphors reveal not only Anglo-Saxon notions about the created world, but fundamental concepts about the nature of poetic creation as well.
| ISBN: | 9780820428970 |
| Publication date: | 1st April 1997 |
| Author: | Ruth Wehlau |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 161 pages |
| Series: | Studies in the Humanities |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Society and culture: general |
The Creation is one of the most important themes in Old English poetry. The Riddle of Creation approaches the Creation through its metaphors, focussing especially on images relating to architecture and the body.
The Riddle of Creation features in the following genres: Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Society and culture: general
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The Riddle of Creation was written by Ruth Wehlau and published by Peter Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc.
The Riddle of Creation has 161 pages
Yes it is part of Studies in the Humanities series