{"product_id":"saint-aldhelms-riddles-paperback-softback-9781442628922","title":"Saint Aldhelm's Riddles (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442628922","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSaint Aldhelm's Riddles\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSaint Aldhelm (Author), A.M. Juster (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442628922\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 October 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm, 0.3 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Self-deprecating and occasionally funny, [A.M.Juster offers] some of most thoroughly enjoyable textual commentary you are ever likely to read. But the central pleasure here is, of course, the poems. Juster’s fluid and deceptively simple translations make the whole effort look easy, which is a testament to both Aldhelm’s gift and Juster’s craft.”\u003c\/p\u003e - Micah Mattix (The Washington Free Beacon, January 9, 2016)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first and one of the finest Latin poets of Anglo-Saxon England, the seventh-century bishop Saint Aldhelm can justly be called “Britain’s first man of letters.” Among his many influential poetic texts were the hundred riddles that made up his \u003cem\u003eAenigmata\u003c\/em\u003e. In \u003cem\u003eSaint Aldhelm’s Riddles\u003c\/em\u003e, A.M. Juster offers the first verse translation of this text in almost a century, capturing the wit, warmth, and wonder of the first English riddle collection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne of today’s finest formalist poets, A.M. Juster brings the same exquisite care to this volume as to his translations of Horace (“The best edition available of the \u003cem\u003eSatires\u003c\/em\u003e in English” –\u003cem\u003eChoice\u003c\/em\u003e), Tibullus (“An excellent new translation” –\u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e), and Petrarch. Juster’s translation is complemented by a newly edited version of the Latin text and by the first scholarly commentary on the \u003cem\u003eAenigmata\u003c\/em\u003e, the result of exhaustive interdisciplinary research into the text’s historical, literary, and philological context. \u003cem\u003eSaint Aldhelm’s Riddles\u003c\/em\u003e will be essential for scholars and a treasure for lovers of Tolkien, \u003cem\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/em\u003e, and Harry Potter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e  Translator’s Note\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  Saint Aldhelm’s \u003cem\u003eRiddles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Text, Commentaries, and Translations\u003cbr\u003e  Commentary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52653248020760,"sku":"9781442628922","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/saint-aldhelms-riddles-paperback-softback-9781442628922","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}