Jasmine Bria earned a PhD in Germanic Philology from the University of Calabria in 2021, where she is now research grant holder and temporary adjunct professor.She writes on both the Old English and Middle English periods. Currently, she is working on the Arthurian narratives in the textual tradition of the Brut en prose.

• Table of Contents – Acknowledgments – Preface – Introduction - Chapter One - The Exeter Book collection and the Riddle Tradition - Chapter Two - Prosopopoeia, Anthropomorphism and Empathy - Chapter Three - Riddles and Metamorphosis - Chapter Four - Wonders of the East: men, animals and in-between - Chapter Five - Uncertain Humanity Denied Humanity - Chapter Six - Alien and Familiar – Conclusions - References

Jasmine Bria earned a PhD in Germanic Philology from the University of Calabria in 2021, where she is now research grant holder and temporary adjunct professor.She writes on both the Old English and Middle English periods. Currently, she is working on the Arthurian narratives in the textual tradition of the Brut en prose.

• Table of Contents – Acknowledgments – Preface – Introduction - Chapter One - The Exeter Book collection and the Riddle Tradition - Chapter Two - Prosopopoeia, Anthropomorphism and Empathy - Chapter Three - Riddles and Metamorphosis - Chapter Four - Wonders of the East: men, animals and in-between - Chapter Five - Uncertain Humanity Denied Humanity - Chapter Six - Alien and Familiar – Conclusions - References

Jasmine Bria earned a PhD in Germanic Philology from the University of Calabria in 2021, where she is now research grant holder and temporary adjunct professor.She writes on both the Old English and Middle English periods. Currently, she is working on the Arthurian narratives in the textual tradition of the Brut en prose.

• Table of Contents – Acknowledgments – Preface – Introduction - Chapter One - The Exeter Book collection and the Riddle Tradition - Chapter Two - Prosopopoeia, Anthropomorphism and Empathy - Chapter Three - Riddles and Metamorphosis - Chapter Four - Wonders of the East: men, animals and in-between - Chapter Five - Uncertain Humanity Denied Humanity - Chapter Six - Alien and Familiar – Conclusions - References