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IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 110: Early Medieval Riddles, I: Riddles and Things

Monday 4 July 2022, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:The Riddle Ages
Organisers:Megan Cavell, Department of English Literature, University of Birmingham
Jennifer Neville, Department of English, Royal Holloway, University of London
Moderator/Chair:Megan Cavell, Department of English Literature, University of Birmingham
Paper 110-aBawdy Talk, Body Parts, and Female Things in the Old English Riddles
(Language: English)
Emily McLemore, Department of English, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Old English, Sexuality, Women's Studies
Paper 110-bThings Immaterial in the Early Medieval English Riddle Tradition
(Language: English)
Rachel Burns, Department of English, University College London
Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Language and Literature - Old English, Mentalities, Philosophy
Abstract

These three sessions explore the early medieval riddle tradition across a variety of languages, including Old English, Latin, and Arabic. Papers address early medieval riddles and riddling through a variety of perspectives and methodologies, including gender, thing theory, philosophy, material culture, comparative literature, and translation.