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Author:   Mark C. Amodio (Professor of English, Vassar College)
Publisher:   Arc Humanities Press
Imprint:   Arc Humanities Press
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9781641894593

ISBN 10:   1641894598
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   31 October 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Introduction: The Pathway(s) from Oral-Formulaic Theory to Contemporary Oral Theory, Mark C. Amodio 2. Introduction to the Individual Contributions, Miranda Villesvik 3. Revisiting Orality and Literacy, Gregory Nagy 4. Preserving Traditions of ‘Them’ and the Creation of ‘Us’: Formulaic Language, Historiography, Mythology, and Self-Definition, Susan Niditch 5. Beyond Books: The Confluence of Influence and the Old English Judith, Andy Orchard 6. Embodying the Oral Tradition: Performance and Performative Poetics in and of Beowulf, Mark C. Amodio 7. Performing Anglo-Saxon Elegies: A Conversation, Mark C. Amodio and Benjamin Bagby 8. Notes on the Recordings of Three Anglo-Saxon Elegies, Benjamin Bagby 9. Healing Charms in the Lincoln Thornton Manuscript, Nancy Mason Bradbury 10. Is the “Formula” the Key to Oral Style?, Edward R. Haymes 11. The Formula: Morphology and Syntax, Yuri Kleiner 12. Old Norse Riddles and Other Verbal Contests in Performance, Stephen Mitchell 13. Performance Archaeology, Eiríksmál, Hákonarmál, and the Study of Old Nordic Religions, Terry Gunnell 14. “To Surf through the Shared Riches of the Story Hoard”: The oAgora of the Sigurðr Story, Thomas A. Dubois 15. When a Hero Lies, Joseph Falaky Nagy 16. “The True Nature of the aoidos”: The Kirghiz Singer of Tales and the Epic of Manas, Karl Reichl 17. John Miles Foley: Open Mind, Open Access, Open Tradition, Open Foley, Ruth Finnegan Master Bibliography Index; Index of Manuscripts Cited

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Mark C. Amodio is the author of Writing the Oral Tradition (2004) and most recently The Anglo-Saxon Literature Handbook (2013). He is Professor of English at Vassar College.

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