Enigmas and riddles in literature /
"How do enigmas and riddles work in literature? This study investigates the literary trope of the riddle, and its relation to the broader term "enigma," including enigma as large masterplot. Cook argues for a revival of the old figure of speech known as "enigma" from Aristot...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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Table of Contents:
- Enigma personified : the riddling beasts, sphinx and griffin
- Enigma as trope : history, function, fortunes
- What is the shape of the riddle? Enigma as masterplot
- Case study I. Enigma in Dante's Eden (Purgatorio 27-33)
- Questions of riddle and genre
- Riddle as scheme : a case for a new griph-class
- Case study II. Mapping riddles : Lewis Carroll and the Alice books
- Figures for enigma
- Case study III. The structure of reality : enigma in Wallace Steven's later work
- From protection to innocent amusement : some other functions of enigma
- Afterword : enigma, the boundary figure.
