Author: Rogers, Bertha (translator and artist)
Title: Uncommon Creatures. The Anglo-Saxon Riddle-Poems from the Exeter Book
Description: Delhi, NY, Six Swans Artists Editions, 2019. First Edition. Trade Paperback. First edition, limited edition, number 95 of 200 published. Signed by the artist/translator on the title page. Trade paperback. 202 pp. Color illustrations throughout. A collection of riddles originally written in Anglo-Saxon and housed in the Exeter Cathedral from around 1072 on. The riddles use puns, double-entendres and other language devices to create difficult or obscure poems, presumably created originally for oral entertainment. This edition contains all 95 riddles, and has both Anglo-Saxon and English versions. They deal with ordinary subjects, natural, spirituality and other aspects of Anglo-Saxon life. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor bumping along the extremities, with light curling at the corners. Very Good .

Keywords: Noisbn Poetry Folklore


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