Institute for Medieval Studies
IMC 2022 Session
| Session | 110 |
| Title | Early Medieval Riddles, I: Riddles and Things |
| Date/Time | Monday 4 July 2022: 11.15-12.45 |
| Sponsor | The Riddle Ages |
| Organiser | 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-a | Bawdy 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-b | Things Immaterial in the Early Medieval English Riddle Tradition (Language: English) Rachel A. Burns, Faculty of English Language & Literature, University of Oxford / School of English, University of St Andrews 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. |