Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien 1st Edition Michael Fox

Following the Formula in Beowulf, Örvar-Odds saga, and Tolkien 1st Edition Michael Fox – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9783030481339,9783030481346,3030481336,3030481344

Product details:

• ISBN 10:3030481344
• ISBN 13: 9783030481346
• Author: 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, 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.

Table contents:

1. Beowulf and Formula
2. The Half-Line Formula: weox under wolcnum (8a)
3. The Fitt Formula: Genesis and Fitt 1
4. The Digressive Formula: The Sigemund-Heremod Digression
5. The Folktale Formula: Beowulf and Örvar-Odds saga
6. The Formula Reformulated: Sellic Spell and The Hobbit

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