In enigmate : the evolution of a riddlic idea from symphosius to the child ballads
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Erin Madeleine Sebo, 'In enigmate : the evolution of a riddlic idea from symphosius to the child ballads', [thesis], Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of English, 2009, pp 280Download Item:
Abstract:
This thesis studies the evolution of a particular riddle complex within the subgenre
of the Symphosian Riddle, a development over more than a thousand
years in which, I argue, the line of influence is unusually clear. Chapter one is
divided into a translation of the Symphosii Scholastici Aenigmata - the first
complete translation to appear in English since that of Raymond Ohl in 1928 - and
an essay dealing with the problems entailed in translating both Symphosius and
riddle texts in general. Thereafter, the thesis traces a progression through four main
"texts" which, it agues, mark significant stages in the development of the
Symphosian Riddle.
Author: Sebo, Erin Madeleine
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Ní Chuilleanáin, EiléanQualification name:
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Publisher:
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of EnglishNote:
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