{"product_id":"saint-aldhelms-riddles-2","title":"Saint Aldhelm's Riddles","description":"\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\n\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\n","brand":"By Saint Aldhelm\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by A.M. Juster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43576659476662,"sku":"9781442625297","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781442625297.jpg?v=1729507145","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/saint-aldhelms-riddles-2","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}