The Sexual Riddle Type in Aldhelm's Enigmata, the Exeter Book, and Early Medieval Latin.
The article examines the sexual riddle type in Aldhelm's "Enigmata," the Exeter Book, and early medieval Latin. According to the author, so-called sexual riddles, which can be classified based on sexual imagery and double entendre, can be found in the Exeter Book. However, the author notes that no e...
| Publicado en: | Philological Quarterly Vol. 90; no. 4; pp. 357 - 386 |
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Department of English, University of Iowa
Fall2011
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| Sumario: | The article examines the sexual riddle type in Aldhelm's "Enigmata," the Exeter Book, and early medieval Latin. According to the author, so-called sexual riddles, which can be classified based on sexual imagery and double entendre, can be found in the Exeter Book. However, the author notes that no exact correspondence to the erotic riddle category has been detected in the Anglo-Latin "enigmata." |
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