The Old English Riddles survive through a manuscript of about the year 1000 left to Exeter Cathedral by Leofric, its first bishop. Unlike most of the poetry preserved in the Exeter Book, the Riddles are secular poems, robustly celebrating the familiar objects and natural world of eighth-century England. In this newly revised edition of his popular collection, Michael Alexander presents a selection of these ingenious and enigmatic poems in versions which capture their peculiar concision, humour and vigour of language. This book will be available again soon
| ISBN: | 9780856463785 |
| Publication date: | 31st August 2007 |
| Author: | Michael Alexander |
| Publisher: | Anvil Press Poetry an imprint of Carcanet Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 93 pages |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets |
The Old English Riddles survive through a manuscript of about the year 1000 left to Exeter Cathedral by Leofric, its first bishop. Unlike most of the poetry preserved in the Exeter Book, the Riddles are secular poems, robustly celebrating the familiar objects and natural world of eighth-century England. In this newly revised edition of his popular collection, Michael Alexander presents a selection of these ingenious and enigmatic poems in versions which capture their peculiar concision, humour and vigour of language. This book will be available again soon
Old English Riddles features in the following genres: Poetry by individual poets
Old English Riddles is available in Paperback
Old English Riddles was written by Michael Alexander and published by Anvil Press Poetry an imprint of Carcanet Press
Old English Riddles has 93 pages