{"product_id":"truth-is-trickiest-the-case-for-ambiguity-in-the-exeter-book-riddles-hardback-9781487552527","title":"Truth Is Trickiest; The Case for Ambiguity in the Exeter Book Riddles (Hardback) 9781487552527","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTruth Is Trickiest\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Case for Ambiguity in the Exeter Book Riddles\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJennifer Neville (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487552527\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 July 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 3.7 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the end of the tenth-century English manuscript the Exeter Book, there is a collection of almost one hundred riddles. They are notable for many reasons, but one feature in particular has challenged modern readers: their lack of solutions. In \u003cem\u003eTruth Is Trickiest,\u003c\/em\u003e Jennifer Neville argues that the absence of solutions, rather than being an unfortunate accident, uncovers an essential quality of these texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn opposition to the general expectation that a successfully solved riddle will have one correct answer, Neville argues that the Exeter Book riddles are written to generate multiple solutions. The correct response to an Exeter Book riddle is not a single, elegant solution but instead an ongoing process of interpretation that leads readers to question what they think they know.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTruth Is Trickiest\u003c\/em\u003e contextualizes its readings within the larger field of Old English poetry, early medieval material culture, and Anglo-Latin riddles. The book pursues the central issue of interpretation in relation to social values, craftsmanship, hierarchical social structures, violence, irony, humour, and sexuality. It concludes with a full list of previously proposed solutions to document the history of the ongoing argument that the Exeter Book riddles have provoked.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eRiddle Titles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: \u003cem\u003eSoð bið Swicolast\u003c\/em\u003e – \"Truth Is Trickiest\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. The Joy of Limits: The Heroic Idiom as \"Code\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Muddying the Waters: The Heroic Idiom as Camouflage and Disguise\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Dark Tracks through the Heroic Idiom: Aporia, Irony, and Paradox\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Domestic Practices: Manufacturing and Implements \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. The Strange Game of Sex: Asexual Reproduction and Gratuitous Sex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Not Concluding but Continuing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppendix: The Argument over Solutions\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\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":52670833656088,"sku":"9781487552527","price":47.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/truth-is-trickiest-the-case-for-ambiguity-in-the-exeter-book-riddles-hardback-9781487552527","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}