| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
204, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Spine title: Riddles. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: page [206]. |
| Contents |
Ancient riddles : sacred and profane. The classical riddle -- Sanskrit and Norse enigmas -- The Judaeo-Christian tradition -- Modern beginnings. Symphosius and the Anglo-Latin school -- Riddlers of the Hebrew golden age -- Riddlers for everyman : the vernacular -- Apollonius of Tyre and the Incest riddle -- The Renaissance and beyond. The German enigma -- Riddling in England -- The Italian school -- The French connection -- Cervantes and riddling in Spain -- Revival and decline. Sturm und Drang . . . and riddles -- Swift and the enigma in England -- Riddling magazines -- The Chapbook enigma -- Riddle ballads -- Further south : Italy in the eighteenth century -- The last laugh?. Riddle-rhymes of the nursery -- The new magazines -- Contemporary riddling in the Third World and elsewhere -- The end of the enigma? -- A worldwide riddle anthology -- Solutions to the riddles. |
| Subject |
Riddles.
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| Added Title |
Riddles. |
| ISBN |
0911745491 |
|
9780911745498 |
|
0911745505 (paperback) |
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9780911745504 (paperback) |
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