Following the formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien

Following the formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien / Michael Fox.

Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien proposes that Beowulf was composed according to a formula. Michael Fox imagines the process that generated the poem and provides a model for reading it, extending this model to investigate formula in a half-line, a fitt, a digression, a...

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Main Author: Fox, Michael, 1967- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Subjects:
Tolkien, J. R. R. > (John Ronald Reuel), > 1892-1973 > Literary style.
Tolkien, J. R. R. > (John Ronald Reuel), > 1892-1973
Beowulf > Style.
Örvar-Odds saga > Style.
Beowulf
Örvar-Odds saga
Epic literature > History and criticism.
Repetition in literature.
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval.
Translation & interpretation.
Literary studies: poetry & poets.
Film, TV & radio.
Literary Criticism > Ancient & Classical.
Language Arts & Disciplines > Translating & Interpreting.
Literary Criticism > Poetry.
Performing Arts > General.
Literary Criticism > Medieval.
Epic literature
Literary style
Repetition in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Beowulf and Formula
  • The Half-Line Formula : weox under wolcnum (8a)
  • The Fitt Formula : Genesis and Fitt 1
  • The Digressive Formula : The Sigemund-Heremod Digression
  • The Folktale Formula : Beowulf and Örvar-Odds saga
  • The Formula Reformulated : Sellic Spell and The Hobbit.

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