Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien
Author:   Michael Fox
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   2020 ed.
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9783030481360


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   23 September 2021
Format:   Paperback
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Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien


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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, and a story-pattern or folktale, including the Old-Norse Icelandic Örvar-Odds saga. Fox also explores how J. R. R. Tolkien used the same formula to write Sellic Spell and The Hobbit. This investigation uncovers relationships between oral and literate composition, between mechanistic composition and author, and between listening and reading audiences, arguing for a contemporary relevance for Beowulf in thinking about the creative process.

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Author:   Michael Fox
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   2020 ed.
Weight:   0.353kg
ISBN:  

9783030481360


ISBN 10:   3030481360
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   23 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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1. Chapter 1: Beowulf and Formula.- 2. Chapter 2: The Half-Line Formula: weox under wolcnum (8a).- 3. Chapter 3: The Fitt Formula: Genesis and Fitt 1.- 4. Chapter 4: The Digressive Formula: The Sigemund-Heremod Digression.- 5. Chapter 5: The Folktale Formula: Beowulf and Örvar-Odds saga.- 6. Chapter 6: The Formula Reformulated: Sellic Spell and The Hobbit.- 7. Conclusion.

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Michael Fox is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Writing Studies at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. He has published on modern rhetoric, medieval Latin, and Old English.

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