Title: Puzzling the reader
First published: 2008
Description: "Puzzling the Reader establishes the place of charms and riddles in nineteenth-century British literature by exploring the literary and political work riddles performed at cultural thresholds: courtship, initiation, death rituals, moments of greeting, and intercultural relations. Furthermore, Puzzling the Reader investigates the new narrative genre that riddles uncover by transforming traditional narrative techniques. Far from disappearing from view, - the oral tradition of the riddles rises into view alongside the literary narratives of William Blake, John Keats, and Charles Dickens."--Jacket.
Subjects: History and criticism, English literature, Literature, Theory, Riddles in literature, English literature, history and criticism, 19th century, Literature, history and criticism
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: PR468.R53 H43 2008