IMC 2022: Sessions

Session 310: Early Medieval Riddles, III: Making and Placing Riddles

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:	Jennifer Neville, Department of English, Royal Holloway, University of London
Paper 310-a	Marvelling Curiosity in the Bern Riddles (Language: English) Dieter Bitterli, Englisches Seminar, Universität Zürich Index terms: Daily Life, Language and Literature - Latin, Literacy and Orality, Rhetoric
Paper 310-b	Enigma, Audience, Locale: 'The Ruin' as a Riddle (Language: English) Eric Weiskott, English Department, Boston College, Massachusetts Index terms: Daily Life, Geography and Settlement Studies, Language and Literature - Old English, Mentalities
Paper 310-c	Writing Riddles: A Discussion and Reading (Language: English) Craig Williamson, English Literature Department, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Medievalism and Antiquarianism, Rhetoric
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.