Isidorean Perceptions of Order: The Exeter Book Riddles and Medieval Latin Enigmata - Brossura

Salvador-bello, Mercedes

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ISBN 10: 1935978519 ISBN 13: 9781935978510

Casa editrice: West Virginia Univ Pr, 2015

Riassunto

This book discusses the considerable influence exerted by Isidore’s Etymologiae on the compilation of early medievalenigmata. Either in the form of thematic clusters or pairs, Isidorean encyclopedic patterns are observed not only in major Latin riddle collections in verse but can also be detected in the two vernacular assemblages contained in the Exeter Book.

As with encyclopedias, the topic-centered arrangement of riddles was pursued by compilers as a strategy intended to optimize the didactic and instructional possibilities inherent in these texts and favor the readers’ assimilation of their contents. This book thus provides a thoroughgoing investigation of medieval riddling, with special attention to the Exeter Book Riddles, demonstrating that this genre constituted an important part of the school curriculum of the early Middle Ages.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Mercedes Salvador-Bello is Associate Professor of English at the Universidad de Sevilla, where she teaches, among other subjects, Anglo-Saxon literature. Her research interests include Anglo-Saxon and Insular Latin literature with a particular focus on the Exeter Book, the Old English Riddles, and Latin enigmata. She is coeditor ofSELIM, Journal of the Spanish Society for the Study of English Language and Literature.

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This book discusses the considerable influence exerted by Isidore s Etymologiae on the compilation of early medievalenigmata. Either in the form of thematic clusters or pairs, Isidorean encyclopedic patterns are observed not only in major Latin riddle collections in verse but can also be detected in the two vernacular assemblages contained in the Exeter Book.

As with encyclopedias, the topic-centered arrangement of riddles was pursued by compilers as a strategy intended to optimize the didactic and instructional possibilities inherent in these texts and favor the readers assimilation of their contents. This book thus provides a thoroughgoing investigation of medieval riddling, with special attention to the Exeter Book Riddles, demonstrating that this genre constituted an important part of the school curriculum of the early Middle Ages.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: West Virginia Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1935978519
• ISBN 13: 9781935978510
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 529
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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