The Natural World in the Exeter Book Riddles
1st Edition
Published on 21. April 2017
227 pages
978-1-78744-014-2 (ISBN)
Description
An investigation of the non-human world in the Exeter Book riddles, drawing on the exciting new approaches of eco-criticism and eco-theology.
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Corinne Dale
The Natural World in the Exeter Book Riddles
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04/2017
D.S. Brewer
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Content
Introduction
'be sonde, sæwealle neah': Locating Non-Human Subjects in an Anthropocentric World
'earfoða dæl': The Groan of Travail in the Ox-Riddles
'wrætlic weorc smiþa': Inverting the Colophon in Riddle 26
'deope gedolgod': Wounding and Shaping in Riddles 53 and 73
'fruman agette / eall of earde': The Principle of Accountability in Riddle 83
'mægene binumen': The Failure of Human Mastery in the Wine and Mead Riddles
'swa ne wenaþ men': The Limits of Wisdom in Riddle 84 and the Storm Riddles
Conclusion
Bibliography
'be sonde, sæwealle neah': Locating Non-Human Subjects in an Anthropocentric World
'earfoða dæl': The Groan of Travail in the Ox-Riddles
'wrætlic weorc smiþa': Inverting the Colophon in Riddle 26
'deope gedolgod': Wounding and Shaping in Riddles 53 and 73
'fruman agette / eall of earde': The Principle of Accountability in Riddle 83
'mægene binumen': The Failure of Human Mastery in the Wine and Mead Riddles
'swa ne wenaþ men': The Limits of Wisdom in Riddle 84 and the Storm Riddles
Conclusion
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