IMC 2021: Sessions

Session 2202: Early Medieval Riddles, III

Organisers:	Megan Cavell, Department of English Literature, University of Birmingham Jennifer Neville, Department of English, Royal Holloway, University of London
Moderator/Chair:	Jennifer Neville, Department of English, Royal Holloway, University of London
Paper 2202-a	Queer Subjects and Objects in Exeter Book Riddle 12 (Language: English) Una Creedon-Carey, Department of English, University of Toronto Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Sexuality
Paper 2202-b	Thieving and Plundering in the Early Medieval Riddle Tradition (Language: English) Neville Mogford, Department of English, Royal Holloway, University of London Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Latin
Paper 2202-c	Ordering the World in the Riddles of Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Reg. Lat. 1553 (Language: English) Thomas Klein, Department of English & Philosophy, Idaho State University Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract	These sessions explore the early medieval riddle tradition across a variety of languages, including Arabic, Latin, and Old English. Papers address riddles and riddling through a variety of perspectives and methodologies, including critical theory (ecocriticism, thing theory, queer theory), linguistics, manuscript studies and comparative literature and religion.