{"product_id":"puzzling-the-reader-9781433101427","title":"Puzzling the Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePuzzling the Reader\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003ePuzzling the Reader\u003c\/i\u003e 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. The folk tradition of the riddle is imported into print media and reaches its zenith in the nineteenth century. Through analyses of riddles in weekly literature and satire magazines, parlor game books, and popular collected riddles, such as Queen Victoria's Windsor Enigma, this volume examines the literary and political roles riddles play as they migrate into mass print culture. Three crucial t","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039499977047,"sku":"9781433101427","price":58.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433101427.jpg?v=1750943889","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/puzzling-the-reader-9781433101427","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}