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A wide-ranging and original study on how enigmas and riddles work in literature.
A wide-ranging and original study on how enigmas and riddles work in literature.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1. Enigma personified: the riddling beasts, Sphinx and griffin; 2. Enigma as trope: history, function, fortunes; 3. What is the shape of the riddle? Enigma as masterplot; 4. Case study I. Enigma in Dante's Eden (Purgatorio 27-33); 5. Questions of riddle and genre; 6. Riddle as scheme: a case for a new griph-class; 7. Case study II. Mapping riddles: Lewis Carroll and the Alice books; 8. Figures for enigma; 9. Case study III. The structure of reality: enigma in Wallace Steven's later work; 10. From protection to innocent amusement: some other functions of enigma; Afterword: enigma, the boundary figure; Appendix: Enigma, riddle and friends among the lexicographers.
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Erscheinungsjahr: | 2009 |
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Rubrik: | Literaturwissenschaft |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780521119894 |
ISBN-10: | 0521119898 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Cook, Eleanor |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 18 mm |
Von/Mit: | Eleanor Cook |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.05.2009 |
Gewicht: | 0,509 kg |
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1. Enigma personified: the riddling beasts, Sphinx and griffin; 2. Enigma as trope: history, function, fortunes; 3. What is the shape of the riddle? Enigma as masterplot; 4. Case study I. Enigma in Dante's Eden (Purgatorio 27-33); 5. Questions of riddle and genre; 6. Riddle as scheme: a case for a new griph-class; 7. Case study II. Mapping riddles: Lewis Carroll and the Alice books; 8. Figures for enigma; 9. Case study III. The structure of reality: enigma in Wallace Steven's later work; 10. From protection to innocent amusement: some other functions of enigma; Afterword: enigma, the boundary figure; Appendix: Enigma, riddle and friends among the lexicographers.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2009 |
---|---|
Rubrik: | Literaturwissenschaft |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780521119894 |
ISBN-10: | 0521119898 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Cook, Eleanor |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 18 mm |
Von/Mit: | Eleanor Cook |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.05.2009 |
Gewicht: | 0,509 kg |
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