Institute for Medieval Studies
IMC 2022 Session
| Session | 310 |
| Title | Early Medieval Riddles, III: Making and Placing Riddles |
| Date/Time | Monday 4 July 2022: 16.30-18.00 |
| 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 | 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. |